A46D 9/02
Cutting
Official title: Cutting; Trimming
A46D9/02 (Cutting) appears on 80 US grants and 61 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46D- Granted patents
- 80
- Published applications
- 61
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 126
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 |
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| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Utility brush21 Jul 2026US 12,685,387 B2Ultrafab, Inc.
- Toothbrush head and method of manufacturing3 Mar 2026US 12,564,258 B2HALEON GERMANY GmbH
- Brush assembly and method of manufacturing a brush16 Dec 2025US 12,495,889 B2Sanderson-MacLeod, Inc.
- End cut of endodontic brush1 Jul 2025US 12,343,229 B2
- Brush assembly and method of manufacturing a brush2 Jan 2024US 11,857,065 B2Sanderson-MacLeod, Inc.
- Profiling device, brush manufacturing device, method for profiling a set of bristles and method for manufacturing a brush30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331632 A1Zahoransky AG
- End Cut of Endodontic Brush4 Sep 2025US 2025/0275832 A1Mdt Micro Diamond Technologies Ltd.
- Brush assembly and method of manufacturing a brush14 Mar 2024US 2024/0081517 A1Sanderson-MacLeod, Inc.
- Utility brush7 Mar 2024US 2024/0074574 A1Ultrafab, Inc.
- Systems and methods of forming a brush to clean a surface22 Feb 2024US 2024/0058893 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for producing tooth brushes and blanks for use for same107US 5,114,214 A1992
- Brush intended for the application of a cosmetic product, in particular to the eyelashes or the hair71US 5,345,644 AL'oreal · 1994
- Bristle treatment55US 5,176,427 ACoronet-Werke Heinrich Schlerf GmbH · 1993
- Method of making improved toothbrush having multi-level tufts with substantially uniformly rounded bristle ends in each tuft54US 5,165,761 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1992
- Method and apparatus to permit attachment of bristles to toothbrushes with resiliently flexible heads and to thereafter permit the trimming and end rounding of such bristles54US 5,863,102 AColgate-Palmolive Company · 1999