A41B 9/001
Underpants or briefs
Official title: {Underpants or briefs (specially adapted for men A41B9/02; specially adapted for ladies A41B9/04)}
A41B9/001 (Underpants or briefs) appears on 263 US grants and 378 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A41B- Granted patents
- 263
- Published applications
- 378
- Assignees
- 124
- Inventors
- 627
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 6 | 12 |
| 2005 | 3 | 20 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10 |
| 2008 | 2 | 13 |
| 2009 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010 | 9 | 10 |
| 2011 | 5 | 8 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9 |
| 2013 | 7 | 11 |
| 2014 | 2 | 10 |
| 2015 | 7 | 17 |
| 2016 | 10 | 22 |
| 2017 | 8 | 13 |
| 2018 | 9 | 19 |
| 2019 | 8 | 30 |
| 2020 | 15 | 27 |
| 2021 | 14 | 19 |
| 2022 | 12 | 20 |
| 2023 | 12 | 22 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 |
| 2025 | 14 | 22 |
| 2026 | 10 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Odor control garment with insert15 Sep 2026US 12,733,691 B2Stitches Medical, Inc.
- Briefs for male wearers and method for manufacturing same25 Aug 2026US 12,714,155 B2Aswemove International, Inc.
- Cooling undergarment25 Aug 2026US 12,714,156 B2Care for There LLC
- Fit array for durable underwear4 Aug 2026US 12,696,939 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Cooling undergarment23 Jun 2026US 12,660,864 B2Care for There LLC
- Improvements in underwear8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305731 A1
- Garment24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283277 A1It's Personal Girl, Inc.
- Layering garment17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272062 A1Emshi, Inc
- Lower-body garment with leak protection features10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262776 A1NIKE, Inc.
- High absorbency garment layer and method of manufacturing same3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256219 A1Thinx Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Disposable underwear125US 6,475,201 B2Uni-Charm Corporation · 2002
- Disposable garments with multiple strand elasticized openings112US 4,642,819 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1987
- Continuous, high-speed method for producing a pant-style garment having a pair of elasticized leg openings109US 5,749,989 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1998
- Undergarment79US 5,067,178 A1991
- Garment for use with an absorbent article79US 6,287,169 B1The Procter & Gamble Company · 2001