A61F 13/2068
Tampons made from several layers
Official title: {Tampons made from several layers (A61F13/2065, A61F13/206 take precedence)}
A61F13/2068 (Tampons made from several layers) appears on 90 US grants and 107 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 90
- Published applications
- 107
- Assignees
- 25
- Inventors
- 162
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 10 |
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| 2008 | 2 | 9 |
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| 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
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
- Method and apparatus for making tampons5 Aug 2025US 12,376,998 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Tampons and methods for making tampons15 Apr 2025US 12,274,603 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Tampons and methods for making tampons7 Jan 2025US 12,186,169 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Tampons and methods for making tampons5 Nov 2024US 12,133,791 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Tampon including secondary absorbent20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352403 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Menstrual device and applicator system9 Jan 2025US 2025/0009568 A1Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC
- Method and apparatus for making tampons10 Oct 2024US 2024/0335335 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Tampon and applicator and manufacturing related thereto19 Sep 2024US 2024/0307237 A1Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC
- Tampons and methods for making tampons27 Jun 2024US 2024/0207104 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Absorbent article237US 4,381,783 AJohnson & Johnson · 1983
- Tampon especially for feminine hygiene and a process and apparatus for producing this217US 6,310,269 B1McNeil-PPC, Inc. · 2001
- Tufted laminate web158US 7,410,683 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2008
- Tufted fibrous web127US 7,553,532 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2009
- Tufted laminate web124US 7,172,801 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2007