A61F 13/472
Specially adapted for female use
Official title: specially adapted for female use
A61F13/472 (Specially adapted for female use) appears on 933 US grants and 1,081 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 933
- Published applications
- 1,081
- Assignees
- 158
- Inventors
- 1,584
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 36 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 14 |
| 2002 | 43 | 59 |
| 2003 | 36 | 51 |
| 2004 | 28 | 61 |
| 2005 | 25 | 63 |
| 2006 | 14 | 52 |
| 2007 | 21 | 25 |
| 2008 | 13 | 29 |
| 2009 | 24 | 35 |
| 2010 | 28 | 45 |
| 2011 | 29 | 28 |
| 2012 | 38 | 32 |
| 2013 | 25 | 30 |
| 2014 | 30 | 28 |
| 2015 | 30 | 56 |
| 2016 | 28 | 48 |
| 2017 | 27 | 47 |
| 2018 | 25 | 48 |
| 2019 | 32 | 51 |
| 2020 | 30 | 76 |
| 2021 | 37 | 54 |
| 2022 | 30 | 32 |
| 2023 | 31 | 26 |
| 2024 | 29 | 40 |
| 2025 | 26 | 37 |
| 2026 | 11 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61F 13/47218With a raised crotch region328
- A61F 13/47236Characterised by an unusual contour219
- A61F 13/47209Having only interlabial part, i.e. with no extralabial parts148
- A61F 13/47263With activating means136
- A61F 13/47272With a longitudinal raised end108
- A61F 2013/47281With internal collecting deviceIndexing code16
- A61F 2013/4729Combining catamenial pad and tamponIndexing code13
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- Absorbent article with absorbent core structure having a shaped inner core layer13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232500 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Absorbent article with absorbent core structure having a shaped inner core layer13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232501 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Responsive absorbent articles9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191702 A1Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
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By later US patents
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- Absorbent article having barrier means and medial bulge266US 5,624,423 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1997
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