A61B 17/244
For cleaning of the tongue
Official title: {for cleaning of the tongue}
A61B17/244 (For cleaning of the tongue) appears on 163 US grants and 179 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 163
- Published applications
- 179
- Assignees
- 56
- Inventors
- 290
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 12 |
| 2009 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9 |
| 2014 | 8 | 5 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12 |
| 2016 | 9 | 7 |
| 2017 | 6 | 17 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 5 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 11 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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