A61F 13/15577
Apparatus or processes for manufacturing
Official title: {Apparatus or processes for manufacturing}
A61F13/15577 (Apparatus or processes for manufacturing) appears on 4,380 US grants and 4,710 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 4,380
- Published applications
- 4,710
- Assignees
- 598
- Inventors
- 5,256
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 22 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 20 | 0 |
| 1982 | 25 | 0 |
| 1983 | 27 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 73 | 0 |
| 2000 | 67 | 0 |
| 2001 | 70 | 31 |
| 2002 | 77 | 119 |
| 2003 | 128 | 210 |
| 2004 | 80 | 196 |
| 2005 | 75 | 176 |
| 2006 | 71 | 122 |
| 2007 | 72 | 105 |
| 2008 | 58 | 133 |
| 2009 | 45 | 103 |
| 2010 | 99 | 171 |
| 2011 | 84 | 181 |
| 2012 | 142 | 228 |
| 2013 | 147 | 211 |
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| 2017 | 158 | 220 |
| 2018 | 145 | 230 |
| 2019 | 191 | 244 |
| 2020 | 185 | 276 |
| 2021 | 212 | 216 |
| 2022 | 141 | 204 |
| 2023 | 157 | 178 |
| 2024 | 204 | 214 |
| 2025 | 157 | 137 |
| 2026 | 107 | 113 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61F 13/15707Mechanical treatment1,713
- A61F 13/15585Of babies' napkins1,033
- A61F 13/15699Forming webs by bringing together several webs967
- A61F 2013/15821Characterized by the apparatus for manufacturingIndexing code908
- A61F 13/15617Making absorbent pads from fibres or pulverulent material with or without treatment818
- A61F 13/15764Transferring, feeding or handling devices533
- A61F 13/15756Applying tabs, strips, tapes, loops461
- A61F 13/15804Plant442
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Recent patents
- Absorbent article with improved capillary acceleration sheet6 Oct 2026US 12,751,869 B2Drylock Technologies NV
- Flexible demolding device, core molding device, and core forming method22 Sep 2026US 12,740,896 B2Shanghai Zhilian Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Absorbent cores and methods for forming absorbent cores22 Sep 2026US 12,740,897 B2Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Multi-layer absorbent cores and methods of manufacture22 Sep 2026US 12,740,898 B2Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Split formation of unitary substrates15 Sep 2026US 12,734,075 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Elastic laminates and methods for assembling elastic laminates for absorbent articles8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306306 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Methods and apparatuses for manufacturing a joined resealable absorbent article8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306307 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Elastomeric laminate(s) for absorbent article donning8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306309 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Patterned Apertured Webs8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306312 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Package comprising a bag and a stack of absorbent articles and manufacturing method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306314 A1Drylock Technologies NV
Most cited
By later US patents
- See through absorbent dressing1,496US 5,018,515 AThe Kendall Company · 1991
- Disposable incontinence garment or training pant1,298US 4,940,464 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1990
- Wound dressing with conformable elastomeric wound contact layer1,263US 5,445,604 ASmith and Nephew Associated Companies Limited · 1995
- Tufted fibrous web1,198US 7,682,686 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2010
- High-density absorbent structures1,161US 4,610,678 A1986