A61F 13/55175
Packaging of tampons
Official title: {packaging of tampons}
A61F13/55175 (Packaging of tampons) appears on 123 US grants and 173 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 173
- Assignees
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- Inventors
- 324
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tampon and tampon application wrapper14 Jul 2026US 12,678,348 B2Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC
- Color enhancement utilizing up converters and/or down converters19 May 2026US 12,630,725 B2Immunolight, LLC
- Recyclable absorbent article packages21 Apr 2026US 12,605,291 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Recyclable absorbent article packages14 Apr 2026US 12,599,515 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Tampon and applicator assembly with advantageously-shaped gripping portion14 Oct 2025US 12,440,393 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Recyclable absorbent article packages16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199151 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Tampon and applicator assembly with advantageously-shaped gripping portion15 Jan 2026US 2026/0014032 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Packages for absorbent articles25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387277 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Method for wrapping an absorbent article16 Oct 2025US 2025/0318962 A1
- Packages for absorbent articles21 Aug 2025US 2025/0262102 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Compact tampon applicator1,106US 4,973,302 APlaytex Family Products Corporation · 1990
- Individual package of body fluid absorbent article65US 6,994,696 B2Uni-Charm Corporation · 2006
- Feminine hygiene storage unit57US 5,988,386 A1999
- Tampon pack with a lubricant depot in the packaging49US 4,312,348 ADr. Carl Hahn, G.m.b.H. · 1982
- C-wrapped absorbent pad article and method48US 5,986,165 AKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 1999