A46D 1/00
Bristles
Official title: Bristles; Selection of materials for bristles (making artificial bristles D01D, D01F)
A46D1/00 (Bristles) appears on 1,066 US grants and 1,208 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46D- Granted patents
- 1,066
- Published applications
- 1,208
- Assignees
- 504
- Inventors
- 1,952
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 32 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 14 |
| 2002 | 32 | 34 |
| 2003 | 20 | 35 |
| 2004 | 20 | 31 |
| 2005 | 13 | 27 |
| 2006 | 11 | 29 |
| 2007 | 11 | 20 |
| 2008 | 11 | 43 |
| 2009 | 6 | 34 |
| 2010 | 16 | 31 |
| 2011 | 10 | 38 |
| 2012 | 25 | 58 |
| 2013 | 31 | 35 |
| 2014 | 32 | 49 |
| 2015 | 22 | 54 |
| 2016 | 30 | 37 |
| 2017 | 35 | 79 |
| 2018 | 24 | 61 |
| 2019 | 51 | 67 |
| 2020 | 56 | 73 |
| 2021 | 45 | 64 |
| 2022 | 49 | 66 |
| 2023 | 34 | 70 |
| 2024 | 42 | 71 |
| 2025 | 49 | 47 |
| 2026 | 27 | 41 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wound cleansing device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,027 B2Lohmann & Rauscher GmbH & Co. KG
- Dividing-up device and brush-manufacturing machine having a dividing-up device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,641 B2Zahoransky AG
- Head for an oral care implement and oral care implement8 Sep 2026US 12,727,662 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Mouth care device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,195 B2
- Glue bottle18 Aug 2026US 12,708,926 B1
- User-prompted cleaning by autonomous vacuum8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305895 A1Matic Robots, Inc. (fka Matician, Inc.)
- Cosmetic implement1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294076 A1Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
- Toothbrush with novel bristle configuration1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294087 A1Haleon UK IP Limited
- Portable Toothbrush1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294088 A1SKG ltalia S.P.A.
- Brush assembly for rotary brush tool and method of using same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294089 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bristle arrangement for a toothbrush199US 5,896,614 ASmithKline Beecham Corporation · 1999
- Antimicrobial compositions, process for preparing the same and use177US 5,180,585 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1993
- Prophy toothbrush175US 5,604,951 A1997
- Novel brush filaments165US 4,802,255 AGillette Canada Inc. · 1989
- Tooth cleaning and polishing device149US 5,040,260 A1991