A61F 13/51394
Creating a visual effect
Official title: {creating a visual effect, e.g. having a printed or coloured topsheet, printed or coloured sub-layer but being visible from the topsheet, other than embossing for purposes of bonding, wicking, acquisition, leakage-prevention}
A61F13/51394 (Creating a visual effect) appears on 235 US grants and 355 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 355
- Assignees
- 26
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- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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- Method and pad allowing improved placement of catamenial device154US 4,673,403 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1987
- Absorbent article having two coapertured layers and a method of making the article148US 5,437,653 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1995
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