A61F 13/51474
Characterised by its structure
Official title: {characterised by its structure}
A61F13/51474 (Characterised by its structure) appears on 680 US grants and 571 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 680
- Published applications
- 571
- Assignees
- 121
- Inventors
- 1,111
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 31 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31 | 0 |
| 1999 | 34 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 3 |
| 2002 | 16 | 17 |
| 2003 | 24 | 25 |
| 2004 | 12 | 19 |
| 2005 | 6 | 18 |
| 2006 | 6 | 12 |
| 2007 | 12 | 14 |
| 2008 | 8 | 23 |
| 2009 | 6 | 13 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10 |
| 2011 | 8 | 15 |
| 2012 | 11 | 24 |
| 2013 | 19 | 16 |
| 2014 | 19 | 21 |
| 2015 | 15 | 19 |
| 2016 | 8 | 29 |
| 2017 | 17 | 42 |
| 2018 | 10 | 34 |
| 2019 | 18 | 34 |
| 2020 | 25 | 38 |
| 2021 | 29 | 26 |
| 2022 | 16 | 22 |
| 2023 | 22 | 17 |
| 2024 | 24 | 44 |
| 2025 | 20 | 22 |
| 2026 | 11 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Non-invasive apparatuses for mitigating pressure applied to a human body and associated systems and methods22 Sep 2026US 12,740,900 B2TurnCare, Inc.
- Super absorbent polymer film and absorbent article comprising the same14 Jul 2026US 12,678,346 B2LG Chem.Ltd.
- Absorbent articles with absorbent chassis and belt bonding arrangements and frangible pathways16 Jun 2026US 12,653,728 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Pressure-mitigating surfaces with inflatable chambers and methods for deploying and controlling the same16 Jun 2026US 12,653,730 B2TurnCare, Inc.
- Absorbent article19 May 2026US 12,629,294 B2Daio Paper Corporation
- Patterned Apertured Webs8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306312 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Pressure-mitigating surfaces with inflatable chambers and methods for deploying and controlling the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294698 A1TurnCare, Inc.
- Absorbent articles with absorbent chassis and belt bonding arrangements and frangible pathways3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256629 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Absorbent article with leg gasketing system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248661 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Absorbent article with cellulosic structures30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215976 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Disposable incontinence garment or training pant1,298US 4,940,464 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1990
- Tufted fibrous web1,198US 7,682,686 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2010
- Thin-unit-wet absorbent foam materials for aqueous body fluids and process for making same1,130US 5,387,207 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1995
- Web materials exhibiting elastic-like behavior816US 5,518,801 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1996
- Absorbent article having a hydrophobic transport layer802US 4,798,603 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1989