A46B 9/025
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Official title: {the bristles or the tufts being arranged in an angled position relative to each other}
A46B9/025 (The bristles or the tufts being arranged in an angled position relative) appears on 244 US grants and 384 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 244
- Published applications
- 384
- Assignees
- 118
- Inventors
- 526
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 9 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 16 |
| 2009 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4 | 11 |
| 2011 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12 |
| 2014 | 13 | 18 |
| 2015 | 8 | 23 |
| 2016 | 11 | 13 |
| 2017 | 17 | 26 |
| 2018 | 8 | 19 |
| 2019 | 17 | 23 |
| 2020 | 26 | 44 |
| 2021 | 21 | 30 |
| 2022 | 28 | 16 |
| 2023 | 14 | 17 |
| 2024 | 12 | 33 |
| 2025 | 16 | 18 |
| 2026 | 11 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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