A46B 9/00
Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
A46B9/00 (Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body) appears on 3,697 US grants and 4,497 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 3,697
- Published applications
- 4,497
- Assignees
- 1,163
- Inventors
- 5,677
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 178 | 242 |
| 2024 | 185 | 254 |
| 2025 | 160 | 176 |
| 2026 | 126 | 120 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Dental cleaning device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,804 B2Slate Dental, Inc.
- Makeup brush29 Sep 2026US 12,745,834 B2Lumetique, Inc.
- Toothbrush head and part thereof29 Sep 2026US 12,745,835 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Wound cleansing device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,027 B2Lohmann & Rauscher GmbH & Co. KG
- Combined toothbrush, dental floss dispenser, and flossing device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,640 B1
- Apparatus and method for egg washing brush8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305584 A1
- Oral health care8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305807 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Fluid delivery brush tip system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305808 A1
- Combination Toothbrush and Toothpaste Dispenser8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305809 A1
- User-prompted cleaning by autonomous vacuum8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305895 A1Matic Robots, Inc. (fka Matician, Inc.)
Most cited
By later US patents
- Toothbrush with improved efficacy332US 5,628,082 AColgate-Palmolive Company · 1997
- Multi-level bristle tuft toothbrush277US 5,392,483 AChesebrough-Pond' s USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc. · 1995
- Toothbrush comprising a brush member having bristles of different lengths, and brush member having bristles of different lengths for a tooth brush277US 6,237,178 B1U. S. Philips Corporation · 2001
- Toothbrush with flexibly mounted bristles247US 5,802,656 AChesebrough-Pond' s USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc. · 1998
- Brush arrangement and toothbrush with brush arrangement210US 6,363,565 B1Braun GmbH · 2002