A46B 11/00

Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances

Official title: Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water (driven brush bodies A46B13/00; {massage apparatus with liquid delivery A61H7/002, A61H2201/105}; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by liquid carrying members in general, e.g. by pads B05C1/00, B05D1/28)

A46B11/00 (Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances) appears on 2,180 US grants and 2,113 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 2,180
Published applications: 2,113
Assignees: 652
Inventors: 3,752
Latest grant: 22 Sep 2026

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A46B 11/00: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	17	0
1977	15	0
1978	15	0
1979	15	0
1980	13	0
1981	22	0
1982	9	0
1983	9	0
1984	9	0
1985	16	0
1986	27	0
1987	18	0
1988	20	0
1989	34	0
1990	39	0
1991	33	0
1992	33	0
1993	26	0
1994	29	0
1995	26	0
1996	20	0
1997	21	0
1998	43	0
1999	69	0
2000	65	0
2001	68	11
2002	39	36
2003	44	48
2004	41	51
2005	27	86
2006	39	78
2007	46	89
2008	31	86
2009	38	80
2010	39	79
2011	41	87
2012	54	104
2013	65	83
2014	78	74
2015	70	82
2016	81	96
2017	80	132
2018	85	119
2019	84	104
2020	97	104
2021	92	106
2022	91	107
2023	55	77
2024	56	85
2025	63	59
2026	33	50

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