A61C 15/04
Dental floss
Official title: Dental floss; Floss holders
A61C15/04 (Dental floss) appears on 1,101 US grants and 948 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 1,101
- Published applications
- 948
- Assignees
- 276
- Inventors
- 1,748
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 25 | 38 |
| 2004 | 16 | 31 |
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| 2006 | 16 | 47 |
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| 2023 | 24 | 30 |
| 2024 | 21 | 47 |
| 2025 | 22 | 24 |
| 2026 | 21 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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
- Reusable dental flosser1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294600 A1Flossyn LLC
- Method for stringing a dental floss device and dental floss device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263198 A1welumo UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
- Dual Dispenser Apparatus for Breath Freshening and Dental Care and Related Methods10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264926 A1
- Novelty Dental Floss Dispenser6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224340 A1Green Straw LLC
- Floss Tape, Floss Roll, and Floss Pick30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215898 A1Celanese Xingda Filaments Co., Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Chinese finger cuff dental floss1,039US 4,817,643 A1989
- Thermoplastic elastomer gelatinous compositions461US 4,369,284 AApplied Elastomerics, Inc. · 1983
- Gelatinous elastomeric optical lens, light pipe, comprising a specific block copolymer and an oil plasticizer273US 4,618,213 AApplied Elastomerics, Inc. · 1986
- Thermoplastic elastomer gelatinous articles260US 5,334,646 AApplied Elastomerics, Inc. · 1994
- Gelatinous elastomer articles255US 5,633,286 AApplied Elastomerics, Inc. · 1997