A61B 2017/246
For cleaning of the nose
Official title: {for cleaning of the nose}
A61B2017/246 (For cleaning of the nose) appears on 166 US grants and 200 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 166
- Published applications
- 200
- Assignees
- 49
- Inventors
- 221
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 7 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 11 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8 |
| 2017 | 16 | 19 |
| 2018 | 6 | 12 |
| 2019 | 14 | 17 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 |
| 2021 | 12 | 13 |
| 2022 | 16 | 12 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 |
| 2025 | 8 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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