A47L 13/00
Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
Official title: Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings (brushes, their handles or fastenings A46B, B25G; scrapers for finishing work on buildings E04F21/00)
A47L13/00 (Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings) appears on 4,702 US grants and 4,852 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47L- Granted patents
- 4,702
- Published applications
- 4,852
- Assignees
- 1,362
- Inventors
- 7,612
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 45 | 0 |
| 1977 | 33 | 0 |
| 1978 | 48 | 0 |
| 1979 | 25 | 0 |
| 1980 | 37 | 0 |
| 1981 | 36 | 0 |
| 1982 | 31 | 0 |
| 1983 | 21 | 0 |
| 1984 | 40 | 0 |
| 1985 | 48 | 0 |
| 1986 | 37 | 0 |
| 1987 | 49 | 0 |
| 1988 | 57 | 0 |
| 1989 | 79 | 0 |
| 1990 | 66 | 0 |
| 1991 | 54 | 0 |
| 1992 | 56 | 0 |
| 1993 | 45 | 0 |
| 1994 | 74 | 0 |
| 1995 | 87 | 0 |
| 1996 | 81 | 0 |
| 1997 | 58 | 0 |
| 1998 | 81 | 0 |
| 1999 | 122 | 0 |
| 2000 | 116 | 0 |
| 2001 | 95 | 33 |
| 2002 | 74 | 126 |
| 2003 | 104 | 163 |
| 2004 | 109 | 212 |
| 2005 | 79 | 248 |
| 2006 | 95 | 266 |
| 2007 | 105 | 227 |
| 2008 | 78 | 185 |
| 2009 | 84 | 188 |
| 2010 | 124 | 167 |
| 2011 | 106 | 201 |
| 2012 | 133 | 161 |
| 2013 | 131 | 172 |
| 2014 | 159 | 220 |
| 2015 | 168 | 237 |
| 2016 | 173 | 236 |
| 2017 | 149 | 195 |
| 2018 | 155 | 220 |
| 2019 | 154 | 238 |
| 2020 | 178 | 197 |
| 2021 | 195 | 221 |
| 2022 | 162 | 176 |
| 2023 | 136 | 165 |
| 2024 | 137 | 160 |
| 2025 | 123 | 130 |
| 2026 | 70 | 108 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Robot cleaner6 Oct 2026US 12,751,595 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Adjustable curved cleaning device and related method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,598 B2Contec, LLC
- Scraper6 Oct 2026US 12,752,311 B2Tien-I Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Grill brush with scouring pad and scraper29 Sep 2026US 12,745,890 B1Grill Rescue LLC
- Multi-surface scrubbing pad22 Sep 2026US 12,740,684 B1
- Cleaner assembly with attachable ozone dispenser8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306686 A1O3Waterworks, LLC
- Cleaning assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294085 A1The Clorox Company
- Cutting device with retractable blade and safety features1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294198 A1Slice Safety Cutter, Inc.
- Cleaning Article1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294200 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Foldable, Quickly Deployable Cleaning Apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294201 A1Mr. Dripman, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Foam substrate and micropackaged active ingredient particle composite dispensing materials1,078US 4,828,542 ATwin Rivers Engineering · 1989
- Nonwoven web with projections506US 4,741,941 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1988
- Polishing pads and methods for their use283US 5,489,233 ARodel, Inc. · 1996
- Elastic laminate web208US 6,830,800 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2004
- Nonwoven wiper laminate200US 4,436,780 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1984