A47L 13/16
Cloths
Official title: Cloths; Pads; Sponges (metal scraping sponges A47L13/07)
A47L13/16 (Cloths) appears on 1,454 US grants and 1,895 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47L- Granted patents
- 1,454
- Published applications
- 1,895
- Assignees
- 542
- Inventors
- 3,067
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 20 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 18 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 27 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 13 |
| 2002 | 16 | 40 |
| 2003 | 25 | 58 |
| 2004 | 37 | 64 |
| 2005 | 18 | 87 |
| 2006 | 24 | 91 |
| 2007 | 22 | 84 |
| 2008 | 19 | 56 |
| 2009 | 21 | 64 |
| 2010 | 32 | 59 |
| 2011 | 30 | 68 |
| 2012 | 42 | 61 |
| 2013 | 36 | 67 |
| 2014 | 44 | 95 |
| 2015 | 57 | 127 |
| 2016 | 72 | 97 |
| 2017 | 59 | 90 |
| 2018 | 60 | 95 |
| 2019 | 74 | 108 |
| 2020 | 74 | 94 |
| 2021 | 80 | 97 |
| 2022 | 73 | 91 |
| 2023 | 60 | 57 |
| 2024 | 46 | 47 |
| 2025 | 44 | 44 |
| 2026 | 23 | 41 |
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.
- Multi-surface scrubbing pad22 Sep 2026US 12,740,684 B1
- Floor cleaning pad22 Sep 2026US 12,740,685 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Instrinsically antimicrobial porosic matrix composites and method of manufacture thereof15 Sep 2026US 12,733,637 B2
- Systems and methods for dispensing solid and liquid materials25 Aug 2026US 12,715,083 B2
- Cleaner assembly with attachable ozone dispenser8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306686 A1O3Waterworks, LLC
- Cleaning Article1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294200 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Cleaning Wipes1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297821 A1
- Wearable cleaning exfoliator24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283412 A1Moxxy Products, LLC
- Cleaning Assembly17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272251 A1
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
- Elastic laminate web208US 6,830,800 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2004
- Nonwoven wiper laminate200US 4,436,780 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1984
- Applications for laminate web187US 6,878,433 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2005