A61F 13/4902
Characterised by the elastic material
Official title: {characterised by the elastic material}
A61F13/4902 (Characterised by the elastic material) appears on 1,031 US grants and 1,130 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61F 2013/49025Having multiple elastic strandsIndexing code342
- A61F 2013/49022Being elastomeric sheetIndexing code207
- A61F 2013/49031Being elastic in longitudinal directionIndexing code178
- A61F 2013/49033Being elastic in transversal directionIndexing code86
- A61F 2013/49036Having a inelastic zone by deactivating the elastic propertyIndexing code37
- A61F 2013/49034Being elastic in both the transversal and longitudinal directionIndexing code30
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Elasticized disposable training pant and method of making the same809US 5,246,433 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1993
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