A62B 18/02
Masks
Official title: Masks (gas-masks for animals A62B18/06; masks for welders A61F9/06)
A62B18/02 (Masks) appears on 922 US grants and 1,566 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A62B- Granted patents
- 922
- Published applications
- 1,566
- Assignees
- 577
- Inventors
- 2,679
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9 |
| 2004 | 6 | 12 |
| 2005 | 9 | 10 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 |
| 2007 | 8 | 35 |
| 2008 | 2 | 13 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17 |
| 2010 | 8 | 20 |
| 2011 | 7 | 24 |
| 2012 | 11 | 29 |
| 2013 | 16 | 29 |
| 2014 | 11 | 46 |
| 2015 | 28 | 67 |
| 2016 | 23 | 64 |
| 2017 | 24 | 68 |
| 2018 | 37 | 72 |
| 2019 | 47 | 62 |
| 2020 | 69 | 95 |
| 2021 | 82 | 227 |
| 2022 | 106 | 260 |
| 2023 | 76 | 189 |
| 2024 | 105 | 123 |
| 2025 | 78 | 47 |
| 2026 | 53 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Personal protective anti-viral face mask15 Sep 2026US 12,734,378 B2lowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
- Mask apparatus8 Sep 2026US 12,728,298 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Sterilization mask with UVC reflective chamber and internal and external lighting1 Sep 2026US 12,721,925 B2
- Face masks and method of fabricating face mask1 Sep 2026US 12,722,029 B2Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
- Mask25 Aug 2026US 12,714,166 B2Amolifescience Co., Ltd.
- Respiratory Mask Having a Filter Unit and a Removable Cap for the Filter Unit1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295309 A1Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
- Lung Demand Regulator1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295310 A1Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
- Mask and a powered respirator device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284449 A1
- Reusable face mask17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273313 A1Air Flo Labs, LLC
- Breathing apparatus and a method of controlling the breathing apparatus3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257083 A1Malina - Safety S.R.O.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Respiratory mask having gas washout vent and gas washout vent for respiratory mask682US 6,581,594 B1ResMed Limited · 2003
- Respiratory mask457US 4,907,584 A1990
- Respiratory mask facial seal442US 5,647,357 ARespironics, Inc. · 1997
- Mask and a vent assembly therefor439US 6,561,190 B1ResMed Limited · 2003
- CPAP nose mask411US 5,746,201 ANellcor Puritan Bennett LLC · 1998