A45D 1/18
Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot: with combs
Official title: with combs (A45D1/02 takes precedence)
A45D1/18 (Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot: with combs) appears on 84 US grants and 98 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A45D- Granted patents
- 84
- Published applications
- 98
- Assignees
- 52
- Inventors
- 194
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 8 |
| 2024 | 2 | 9 |
| 2025 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Hair curler50US 4,564,032 AMatsushita Electric Works, Ltd. · 1986
- Hair curling iron49US 5,046,516 A1991
- Electrically heated rotatable curler brush47US 4,329,567 AClairol Incorporated · 1982
- Thermal hair styling appliance having interchangeable attachments46US 4,032,747 AClairol Incorporated · 1977
- Heated hair styling system43US 6,119,702 A2000