A61F 13/494
Characterised by edge leakage prevention means
Official title: characterised by edge leakage prevention means
A61F13/494 (Characterised by edge leakage prevention means) appears on 1,079 US grants and 1,021 published applications in this corpus.
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- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 46 | 32 |
| 2026 | 25 | 38 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61F 13/49406The edge leakage prevention means being at the crotch region798
- A61F 13/49466The edge leakage prevention means being at the waist region225
- A61F 2013/4948The edge leakage prevention means being elasticIndexing code132
- A61F 13/49473The edge leakage prevention means having a continuous closed form112
- A61F 2013/49493The edge leakage prevention means being or forming three-dimensional barrier with raisedIndexing code49
- A61F 2013/49486The edge leakage prevention means being paddedIndexing code23
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