A46B 9/028
Bristle profile, the end of the bristle defining a surface other than
Official title: {Bristle profile, the end of the bristle defining a surface other than a single plane or deviating from a simple geometric form, e.g. cylinder, sphere or cone}
A46B9/028 (Bristle profile, the end of the bristle defining a surface other than) appears on 410 US grants and 613 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 410
- Published applications
- 613
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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