A61F 13/2065
Tampons folded from sheets of material
Official title: {Tampons folded from sheets of material (A61F13/206 takes precedence)}
A61F13/2065 (Tampons folded from sheets of material) appears on 45 US grants and 67 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 45
- Published applications
- 67
- Assignees
- 21
- Inventors
- 77
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 6 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 9 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tampon pledget for increased bypass leakage protection24 Feb 2026US 12,558,269 B2Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC
- Vaginal fluid absorption and odor reduction16 Dec 2025US 12,496,234 B2LiviWell Inc.
- Vaginal fluid absorption and odor reduction21 Oct 2025US 12,447,064 B2LiviWell Inc.
- Sanitary tampon31 Dec 2024US 12,178,688 B2
- Tampon pledget for increased bypass leakage protection21 Nov 2023US 11,819,390 B2Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC
- Vaginal fluid absorption and odor reduction1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000553 A1LiviWell Inc.
- Vaginal fluid absorption and odor reduction12 Jun 2025US 2025/0186267 A1LiviWell Inc.
- Bladder control article for leakage cessation7 Mar 2024US 2024/0074920 A1
- Tampon pledget for increased bypass leakage protection8 Feb 2024US 2024/0041665 A1Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC
- Vaginal fluid absorption and odor reduction20 Jul 2023US 2023/0225909 A1Afterclean Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Urinary incontinence device and a method of making the same81US 6,142,928 AKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2000
- Expandable dome-shaped urinary incontinence device and a method of making the same78US 6,090,038 AKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2000
- Urinary incontinence device76US 6,558,370 B2Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2003
- Tampon having a protective finger sheath and a method of forming64US 5,891,123 AKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 1999
- Tampon57US 4,627,849 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1986