A61F 13/49017
The elastic means being located at the crotch region
Official title: {the elastic means being located at the crotch region}
A61F13/49017 (The elastic means being located at the crotch region) appears on 650 US grants and 652 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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| 2026 | 12 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Absorbent article having leakage-resistant dual cuffs697US 4,795,454 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1989