A61F 13/385
Apparatus or processes of manufacturing
Official title: {Apparatus or processes of manufacturing}
A61F13/385 (Apparatus or processes of manufacturing) appears on 24 US grants and 40 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 24
- Published applications
- 40
- Assignees
- 23
- Inventors
- 61
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2020 | 0 | 4 |
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| 2023 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Wound healing device and methods for wound healing14 Aug 2025US 2025/0255755 A1Sinus Clear Innovations, LLC
- Breakable Swab Applicator for Use with a Sampling Cloth and a Swab Kit17 Oct 2024US 2024/0342012 A1
- Swab for collecting samples of biological material and associate method of production11 Jul 2024US 2024/0225617 A1Copan Italia S.p.A.
- Breakable Swab Applicator for Use with a Sampling Cloth and a Swab Kit8 Feb 2024US 2024/0041666 A1
- Swab Kit for Sampling Specimens from Humans or Animals, Comprising a Sampling Cloth Wound in Spiral, and Process of Manufacturing Such a Swab Kit1 Feb 2024US 2024/0033134 A1Up Billion Fze
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