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A61C 15/00

Devices for cleaning between the teeth

A61C15/00 (Devices for cleaning between the teeth) appears on 1,442 US grants and 1,299 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 1,442
Published applications: 1,299
Assignees: 364
Inventors: 2,245
Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

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A61C 15/00: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	13	0
1977	29	0
1978	4	0
1979	10	0
1980	12	0
1981	14	0
1982	15	0
1983	6	0
1984	11	0
1985	20	0
1986	18	0
1987	31	0
1988	12	0
1989	31	0
1990	26	0
1991	47	0
1992	33	0
1993	51	0
1994	45	0
1995	34	0
1996	41	0
1997	40	0
1998	61	0
1999	61	0
2000	53	0
2001	30	13
2002	26	36
2003	26	46
2004	20	42
2005	21	76
2006	21	65
2007	31	44
2008	22	54
2009	13	52
2010	17	52
2011	23	49
2012	24	56
2013	34	51
2014	47	60
2015	29	45
2016	26	66
2017	33	56
2018	28	45
2019	33	63
2020	33	64
2021	35	58
2022	33	55
2023	31	45
2024	32	52
2025	32	31
2026	24	23

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.

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Recent patents

Dental floss holder and dispenser6 Oct 2026US 12,751,803 B2
Dental cleaning device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,804 B2Slate Dental, Inc.
Combined toothbrush, dental floss dispenser, and flossing device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,640 B1
Expandable dental floss having filaments infused with Nigella sativa and antiseptic and method of forming8 Sep 2026US 12,727,978 B2Biom, LLC
Biodegradable dental flossing device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,707 B2

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