A46B 5/0025
Brushes with elastically deformable heads that change shape during use
Official title: {Brushes with elastically deformable heads that change shape during use}
A46B5/0025 (Brushes with elastically deformable heads that change shape during use) appears on 231 US grants and 206 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 231
- Published applications
- 206
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 322
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 7 |
| 2005 | 0 | 15 |
| 2006 | 6 | 13 |
| 2007 | 3 | 10 |
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| 2009 | 5 | 6 |
| 2010 | 10 | 8 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11 |
| 2012 | 9 | 6 |
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| 2016 | 9 | 6 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 |
| 2018 | 1 | 11 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10 |
| 2020 | 18 | 14 |
| 2021 | 11 | 6 |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Image forming apparatus having charging brush with crimped and non-crimped fiber30 Jun 2026US 12,669,762 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Interdental cleaning tool30 Dec 2025US 12,507,790 B2Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Method of utilizing a handheld bottle washer21 Jan 2025US 12,202,020 B2
- Method of making composite head safety toothbrush20 Aug 2024US 12,064,028 B2Loops, LLC
- Hygienic brush11 Jun 2024US 12,004,916 B2SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV
- Safety Toothbrush and Methods for Providing Safety Features18 Sep 2025US 2025/0288087 A1
- Image forming apparatus24 Apr 2025US 2025/0130515 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- A dental cleaning system16 Jan 2025US 2025/0017361 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Alternating finger in an arch of a brushing mouthpiece16 Jan 2025US 2025/0017709 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Composite Head Safety Toothbrush and Methods of Making Same12 Dec 2024US 2024/0407537 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Toothbrush with flexibly mounted bristles247US 5,802,656 AChesebrough-Pond' s USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc. · 1998
- Brush having an elastomeric bridge184US 5,970,564 AChesebrough-Pond' s USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc. · 1999
- Toothbrush with resiliently flexible head131US 5,651,158 ALingner & Fischer GmbH · 1997
- Toothbrush with flexibly mounted bristles122US 5,991,959 AChesebrough-Pond's USA Co. · 1999
- Toothbrush having contouring multi-component head with peel-resistant joint and limited flexibility120US 5,946,758 AColgate-Palmolive Company · 1999