A46D 3/005
Preparing, i.e. manufacturing brush bodies: by moulding or casting a body around
Official title: {by moulding or casting a body around bristles or tufts of bristles}
A46D3/005 (Preparing, i.e. manufacturing brush bodies: by moulding or casting a body around) appears on 134 US grants and 153 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46D- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of manufacturing a mouthpiece toothbrush and mouthpiece toothbrush7 Apr 2026US 12,593,910 B2Ivoclar Vivadent AG
- Toothbrush with injection-moulded bristles and method and apparatus for producing the same31 Mar 2026US RE50,842 E1Trisa Holding AG
- Manufacturing method of a toothbrush head13 Jan 2026US 12,521,923 B2Hi-P (Xiamen) Precision Plastic Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Method for producing a toothbrush head7 Oct 2025US 12,433,396 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Interdental cleaning tool12 Aug 2025US 12,383,385 B2Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Prophy Angle Assembly for Cleaning Teeth with Braces11 Dec 2025US 2025/0375277 A1
- Glue-free integrally-formed makeup brush and preparation thereof4 Sep 2025US 2025/0275623 A1Beauty Yaurient Cosmetics Accessories(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Medical tools for interacting with lumens12 Jun 2025US 2025/0185800 A1
- Bristle disk15 Aug 2024US 2024/0268546 A1
- Brush head fixture for production of toothbrush head and manufacturing method of toothbrush head18 Jul 2024US 2024/0239028 A1Hi-P (Xiamen) Precision Plastic Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Toothbrush head with means to direct and collect radiation110US 6,862,771 B1Helmut Hung GmbH · 2005
- Toothbrush and process for producing such a toothbrush101US 7,174,596 B2Trisa Holding AG · 2007
- Method of molding a multi-colored article78US 4,535,014 A1985
- Method of producing tooth brushes67US 5,390,984 AG. B. Boucherie N. V. · 1995
- Method for producing a toothbrush63US 7,083,756 B2Trisa Holding AG · 2006