A46B 15/0004
With a controlling means
Official title: {with a controlling means}
A46B15/0004 (With a controlling means) appears on 659 US grants and 929 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 659
- Published applications
- 929
- Assignees
- 257
- Inventors
- 1,515
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2019 | 40 | 70 |
| 2020 | 55 | 85 |
| 2021 | 66 | 78 |
| 2022 | 53 | 69 |
| 2023 | 40 | 62 |
| 2024 | 46 | 65 |
| 2025 | 49 | 65 |
| 2026 | 38 | 51 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for controlling an electrical toothbrush22 Sep 2026US 12,740,639 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Head for an oral care implement and oral care implement8 Sep 2026US 12,727,662 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Pressure sensing system and method for an electric toothbrush8 Sep 2026US 12,727,663 B2Ranir, LLC
- Oral treatment device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,981 B2Dyson Technology Limited
- Vertical reciprocating electric brush for powerful stain removal1 Sep 2026US 12,721,425 B1
- Oral care mode determination device, oral care mode determination method, and recording medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305810 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Electric toothbrush and method of forming the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294604 A1Quip Nyc Inc.
- Control method of electric toothbrush, and electric toothbrush1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294605 A1Cixi Seago Electronics Co., Ltd
- Automated system for cleaning and inspection of straight hollow cylindrical objects1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298577 A1Griffyn Robotech Pvt. Ltd.
- Suction Head Provided With A Rotating Brush Provided With A Cleaning Blade24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283340 A1Seb S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dental care apparatus and technique1,566US 5,704,087 A1998
- Electric toothbrush1,257US 5,561,881 AU. S. Philips Corporation · 1996
- Light emitting electric toothbrush268US 6,202,242 B1Zephyr Design, Inc. · 2001
- Tooth cleaning system with timer and signaling means208US 5,438,726 A1995
- Toothbrushing technique monitoring195US 6,536,068 B1Gillette Canada Inc. · 2003