A46B 15/0055
Brushes combined with other articles normally separate from the brushing process
Official title: {Brushes combined with other articles normally separate from the brushing process, e.g. combs, razors, mirrors}
A46B15/0055 (Brushes combined with other articles normally separate from the brushing process) appears on 933 US grants and 1,172 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 933
- Published applications
- 1,172
- Assignees
- 312
- Inventors
- 1,624
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 11 | 30 |
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| 2006 | 7 | 38 |
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| 2018 | 29 | 64 |
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| 2022 | 47 | 56 |
| 2023 | 36 | 42 |
| 2024 | 29 | 46 |
| 2025 | 29 | 38 |
| 2026 | 20 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A46B 15/0081Brushes with a scraper343
- A46B 15/0069Brushes fitted with a interdental devices188
- A46B 15/0075Brushes with an additional massage device93
- A46B 15/0061With a container for accessories82
- A46B 15/0059Brushes with a comb34
- A46B 15/0077Brushes fitted with a mirror24
- A46B 15/0067Brushes fitted with a drinking device, i.e. brushes with devices allowing drinking23
- A46B 15/0065Brush with an additional cutting tool14
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Most cited
By later US patents
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