A61C 15/041
Dental floss
Official title: {Dental floss (chemical aspects A61Q11/00)}
A61C15/041 (Dental floss) appears on 309 US grants and 284 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 309
- Published applications
- 284
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 537
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 6 | 10 |
| 2024 | 3 | 11 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Expandable dental floss having filaments infused with Nigella sativa and antiseptic and method of forming8 Sep 2026US 12,727,978 B2Biom, LLC
- Dental floss25 Aug 2026US 12,714,546 B2Sunstar Americas, Inc.
- Production of dental floss from wood fibers14 Apr 2026US 12,599,464 B2Bahcesehir Universitesi
- Dental floss device24 Feb 2026US 12,558,206 B2Zenithings Shenzhen Co., Ltd.
- Dental flosser assembly with disposable portion and means for adjusting floss tension and method of use10 Feb 2026US 12,544,203 B2
- Floss Tape, Floss Roll, and Floss Pick30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215898 A1Celanese Xingda Filaments Co., Ltd
- Orthodontic chew, comfort tape, and sticker for therapeutic use and wound care28 May 2026US 2026/0144617 A1Orthonu, LLC
- Orthodontic composition19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076788 A1
- Methods and systems for coating floss segments of flossing devices12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042114 A1Coda Resources Ltd.
- Monofilament Dental Tapes, Dental Floss Rolls and Dental Floss Sticks22 Jan 2026US 2026/0020944 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