A46B 5/0095
Removable or interchangeable brush heads
Official title: {Removable or interchangeable brush heads}
A46B5/0095 (Removable or interchangeable brush heads) appears on 804 US grants and 1,181 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 804
- Published applications
- 1,181
- Assignees
- 396
- Inventors
- 1,743
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 | 1 | 10 |
| 2006 | 3 | 10 |
| 2007 | 5 | 27 |
| 2008 | 2 | 31 |
| 2009 | 7 | 21 |
| 2010 | 14 | 14 |
| 2011 | 12 | 32 |
| 2012 | 12 | 42 |
| 2013 | 28 | 35 |
| 2014 | 29 | 30 |
| 2015 | 24 | 35 |
| 2016 | 45 | 63 |
| 2017 | 33 | 81 |
| 2018 | 35 | 57 |
| 2019 | 60 | 77 |
| 2020 | 62 | 83 |
| 2021 | 47 | 89 |
| 2022 | 59 | 105 |
| 2023 | 48 | 92 |
| 2024 | 78 | 91 |
| 2025 | 64 | 78 |
| 2026 | 50 | 61 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Makeup brush29 Sep 2026US 12,745,834 B2Lumetique, Inc.
- Methods and systems for controlling an electrical toothbrush22 Sep 2026US 12,740,639 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Shaving brush8 Sep 2026US 12,727,660 B2Triaxis Machine & Tool, LLC
- Bath brush1 Sep 2026US 12,721,422 B1
- Dual-purpose electric toothbrush head1 Sep 2026US 12,721,708 B2
- Tooth Surface Cleaning Tool, and Powered Tooth Surface Cleaning Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306230 A1Nishio Co., Ltd.
- Electric toothbrush1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294084 A1Cixi Seago Electronics Co., Ltd
- Cleaning assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294085 A1The Clorox Company
- Structure for Coupling Toothbrush Head to Electric Toothbrush Handle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294602 A1Oralic Supplies, Inc.
- Electric toothbrush and method of forming the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294604 A1Quip Nyc Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Replaceable head toothbrush180US 5,875,510 AChesebrough-Pond' s USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc. · 1999
- Toothbrush assembly119US 5,369,835 ADelphic Limited · 1994
- Oral hygiene system111US 4,811,445 A1989
- Device for monitoring the process of toothbrushing109US 4,716,614 A1988
- Toothbrush and paste dispenser92US 5,066,155 A1991