A61F 13/4755
The means being a flat barrier on or inside the absorbent article
Official title: {the means being a flat barrier on or inside the absorbent article, e.g. backsheet wrapped around the edges}
A61F13/4755 (The means being a flat barrier on or inside the absorbent article) appears on 74 US grants and 62 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 74
- Published applications
- 62
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 210
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
Filings by year
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| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Absorbent pad for a garment10 Mar 2026US 12,569,379 B2Mas Innovation (Private) Limited
- Washable sanitary product6 Jan 2026US 12,514,761 B2AB Lindex
- Absorbent pad for a garment and a garment comprising the absorbent pad31 Dec 2024US 12,178,690 B2Mas Innovation (Private) Limited
- Absorbent pad for a garment24 Dec 2024US 12,171,646 B2Mas Innovation (Private) Limited
- Absorbent pad for a garment11 Jun 2024US 12,004,935 B2Mas Innovation (Private) Limited
- Reusable underwear with alternative sewn construction that resists leaks30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215973 A1Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Absorbent article15 Jan 2026US 2026/0014033 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Reusable sanitary and incontinence article2 Oct 2025US 2025/0302672 A1Seamprint GmbH & Co. KG
- Absorbent article comprising a channel with varying bond strength17 Jul 2025US 2025/0228716 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Absorbent pad for a garment and a garment comprising the absorbent pad20 Mar 2025US 2025/0090387 A1Mas Innovation (Private) Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Absorbent article with center fill performance186US 7,429,689 B2Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2008
- Absorbent article with unitary absorbent layer for center fill performance169US 6,700,034 B1Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2004
- Absorbent article with center fill performance162US 6,673,982 B1Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2004
- Disposable absorbent article161US 5,851,204 AUni-Charm Corporation · 1998
- Absorbent components having a sustained acquisition rate capability upon absorbing multiple discharges of aqueous body fluids144US 6,372,952 B1The Procter & Gamble Company · 2002