A61K 8/025
Explicitly spheroidal or spherical shape
Official title: {Explicitly spheroidal or spherical shape}
A61K8/025 (Explicitly spheroidal or spherical shape) appears on 275 US grants and 452 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61K- Granted patents
- 275
- Published applications
- 452
- Assignees
- 225
- Inventors
- 1,058
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 10 | 9 |
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| 2004 | 6 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 9 |
| 2006 | 0 | 11 |
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| 2010 | 6 | 14 |
| 2011 | 3 | 10 |
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| 2013 | 8 | 15 |
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| 2015 | 18 | 33 |
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| 2019 | 19 | 31 |
| 2020 | 20 | 26 |
| 2021 | 15 | 31 |
| 2022 | 16 | 22 |
| 2023 | 14 | 30 |
| 2024 | 10 | 29 |
| 2025 | 14 | 31 |
| 2026 | 10 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Cosmetic emulsion composition comprising spherical hydrophobic silica aerogel and pigment for watery fresh sensation6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224450 A1L'oreal
- Oral care nanoparticle compositions and methods9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191747 A1Evoq Nano, Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Implant for subcutaneous or intradermal injection133US 6,716,251 B1Aventis Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. · 2004
- Cosmetic composition capable of blurring skin defects79US 5,223,559 AL'oreal · 1993
- Ultraviolet screening powder and cosmetics73US 5,582,818 AAjinomoto Co., Inc. · 1996
- Spherical granules of porous silica or silicate, process for the production thereof, and applications thereof60US 5,342,876 AMisuzawa Industrial Chemicals, Ltd. · 1994
- Uniform particles of speckling material for incorporation in oral dentrifices54US 4,069,312 AColgate-Palmolive Company · 1978