A61F 13/15707
Mechanical treatment
Official title: {Mechanical treatment, e.g. notching, twisting, compressing, shaping}
A61F13/15707 (Mechanical treatment) appears on 1,713 US grants and 2,157 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,713
- Published applications
- 2,157
- Assignees
- 256
- Inventors
- 2,379
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 50 | 73 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Flexible demolding device, core molding device, and core forming method22 Sep 2026US 12,740,896 B2Shanghai Zhilian Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.
- 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
- Patterned apertured nonwoven15 Sep 2026US 12,734,079 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Apparatus on board machine for producing folded underwear pads8 Sep 2026US 12,728,044 B2
- 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
- Absorbent article with dynamic elastic waist feature having a predisposed resilient flexural hinge1,158US 5,151,092 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1992
- Web materials exhibiting elastic-like behavior816US 5,518,801 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1996
- Resilient plastic web exhibiting fiber-like properties732US 4,342,314 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1982
- Absorbent article with dynamic elastic waist feature having a predisposed resilient flexural hinge727US 5,221,274 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1993
- Macroscopically expanded three-dimensional plastic web exhibiting non-glossy visible surface and cloth-like tactile impression688US 4,463,045 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1984