A46B 5/0029
Head made of soft plastics, rubber or rubber inserts in plastics matrix
Official title: {Head made of soft plastics, rubber or rubber inserts in plastics matrix}
A46B5/0029 (Head made of soft plastics, rubber or rubber inserts in plastics matrix) appears on 115 US grants and 123 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 115
- Published applications
- 123
- Assignees
- 42
- Inventors
- 149
- Latest grant
- 30 Dec 2025
Filings by year
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 10 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 9 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 |
| 2013 | 8 | 11 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 |
| 2015 | 8 | 11 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 |
| 2018 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8 |
| 2021 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Interdental cleaning tool30 Dec 2025US 12,507,790 B2Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- 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
- Applicator for cosmetic product, in particular mascara, associated applicator assembly and method for manufacturing such an applicator26 Mar 2024US 11,937,689 B2Albea Services
- Toilet brush28 Nov 2023US 11,825,934 B2
- Safety Toothbrush and Methods for Providing Safety Features18 Sep 2025US 2025/0288087 A1
- Composite Head Safety Toothbrush and Methods of Making Same12 Dec 2024US 2024/0407537 A1
- Toothbrush12 Dec 2024US 2024/0407538 A1Haleon UK IP Limited
- Hairbrush with a flexible handle5 Dec 2024US 2024/0398100 A1
- Mount for an oral appliance21 Nov 2024US 2024/0382298 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Toothbrush with flexibly mounted bristles247US 5,802,656 AChesebrough-Pond' s USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc. · 1998
- Toothbrush with flexibly mounted bristles122US 5,991,959 AChesebrough-Pond's USA Co. · 1999
- Process for producing a toothbrush117US 6,988,777 B2Trisa Holding AG · 2006
- Toothbrush head with flexibly mounted bristles114US 6,088,870 AColgate-Palmolive Company · 2000
- Oral care implement90US 7,845,042 B2Colgate-Palmolive Company · 2010