A46B 15/0008
With means for controlling duration
Official title: {with means for controlling duration, e.g. time of brushing}
A46B15/0008 (With means for controlling duration) appears on 194 US grants and 276 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 194
- Published applications
- 276
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 426
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 12 |
| 2010 | 2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 6 | 13 |
| 2012 | 5 | 8 |
| 2013 | 13 | 19 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12 |
| 2015 | 14 | 17 |
| 2016 | 9 | 17 |
| 2017 | 10 | 13 |
| 2018 | 8 | 16 |
| 2019 | 11 | 15 |
| 2020 | 13 | 17 |
| 2021 | 19 | 22 |
| 2022 | 14 | 17 |
| 2023 | 7 | 20 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 |
| 2025 | 14 | 8 |
| 2026 | 7 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Oral care system and method28 Jul 2026US 12,690,664 B2Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Electric toothbrush and universal base therefor21 Jul 2026US 12,685,624 B2Braun GmbH
- Universal base for electric toothbrush12 May 2026US 12,622,771 B2Braun GmbH
- Solar panel system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269777 A1Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
- Oral health care23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207125 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Electric Toothbrush System25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174221 A1
- Control method and control device of oral care device4 Jun 2026US 2026/0150956 A1Guangzhou Stars Pulse Co., Ltd.
- Oral care device, information display device thereof, and information display method thereof26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083240 A1Guangzhou Stars Pulse Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dental care apparatus and technique1,566US 5,704,087 A1998
- Tooth cleaning system with timer and signaling means208US 5,438,726 A1995
- Electronically timed toothbrush system121US 6,606,755 B1American Applied Technology · 2003
- Electronic toothbrush construction100US 6,081,957 A2000
- Toothbrush having signal producing means94US 4,788,734 A1988