A46B 3/16
Brushes characterised by the way in which the bristles are fixed or
Official title: by wires or other anchoring means, specially for U-shaped bristle tufts
A46B3/16 (Brushes characterised by the way in which the bristles are fixed or) appears on 100 US grants and 131 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 100
- Published applications
- 131
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 234
- Latest grant
- 12 Aug 2025
Filings by year
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| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
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| 2015 | 4 | 9 |
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| 2019 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8 |
| 2021 | 3 | 8 |
| 2022 | 6 | 8 |
| 2023 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Oral care implement12 Aug 2025US 12,383,049 B2Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Rotatable brush for surface cleaning apparatus8 Jul 2025US 12,349,853 B2Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
- Interdental brush with replaceable brush body with core and manufacturing method thereof27 May 2025US 12,310,489 B2Taizhou University
- Brush having a bristle bunch fastened by means of clamps, and wire for producing such clamps25 Feb 2025US 12,232,604 B2Berkenhoff GmbH
- Brush comprising a carrier made of bamboo material and wire for forming staples for a brush of this type26 Nov 2024US 12,150,543 B2Berkenhoff GmbH
- Brush assembly for rotary brush tool and method of using same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294089 A1
- Roller brush mounting structure for pavement sweepers14 May 2026US 2026/0130495 A1Necematt, S.L.
- Paintbrush cleaning device with two rotatable brushes23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109172 A1Lavabrush AB
- Rotatable brush for surface cleaning apparatus25 Dec 2025US 2025/0386986 A1Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
- Disposable toothbrush head incorporating bristles made using miswak or neem27 Nov 2025US 2025/0359660 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gum-massaging oral brush115US 6,151,745 AGillette Canada Inc. · 2000
- Toothbrush98US 6,044,514 AKao Corporation · 2000
- Gum-massaging oral brush96US 5,987,688 AGillette Canada Inc. · 1999
- Brush and method of producing the same60US 6,311,360 B1M+C Schiffer GmbH · 2001
- Toothbrush54US 6,088,869 AKao Corporation · 2000