A46B 9/02
Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush
Official title: Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
A46B9/02 (Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush) appears on 3,170 US grants and 3,941 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 3,170
- Published applications
- 3,941
- Assignees
- 991
- Inventors
- 4,859
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 20 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 20 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 27 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 35 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 48 | 0 |
| 2001 | 47 | 17 |
| 2002 | 49 | 42 |
| 2003 | 29 | 56 |
| 2004 | 38 | 63 |
| 2005 | 21 | 102 |
| 2006 | 28 | 69 |
| 2007 | 35 | 60 |
| 2008 | 36 | 98 |
| 2009 | 27 | 88 |
| 2010 | 44 | 90 |
| 2011 | 61 | 132 |
| 2012 | 82 | 108 |
| 2013 | 84 | 130 |
| 2014 | 126 | 180 |
| 2015 | 121 | 183 |
| 2016 | 134 | 209 |
| 2017 | 131 | 326 |
| 2018 | 135 | 268 |
| 2019 | 203 | 245 |
| 2020 | 193 | 289 |
| 2021 | 195 | 268 |
| 2022 | 204 | 236 |
| 2023 | 145 | 211 |
| 2024 | 163 | 217 |
| 2025 | 140 | 151 |
| 2026 | 106 | 103 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A46B 9/04Arranged like in or for toothbrushes1,512
- A46B 9/021Arranged like in cosmetics brushes639
- A46B 9/028Bristle profile, the end of the bristle defining a surface other than410
- A46B 9/026Where the surface of the brush body or carrier is not in369
- A46B 9/023Arranged like in hair brushes319
- A46B 9/025The bristles or the tufts being arranged in an angled position relative244
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- 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