A62B 23/02
Filters for breathing-protection purposes: for respirators
Official title: for respirators
A62B23/02 (Filters for breathing-protection purposes: for respirators) appears on 1,036 US grants and 1,827 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A62B- Granted patents
- 1,036
- Published applications
- 1,827
- Assignees
- 709
- Inventors
- 3,308
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 5 |
| 2002 | 17 | 6 |
| 2003 | 12 | 19 |
| 2004 | 22 | 30 |
| 2005 | 9 | 28 |
| 2006 | 22 | 32 |
| 2007 | 13 | 31 |
| 2008 | 10 | 26 |
| 2009 | 7 | 37 |
| 2010 | 10 | 30 |
| 2011 | 8 | 36 |
| 2012 | 18 | 35 |
| 2013 | 18 | 25 |
| 2014 | 14 | 33 |
| 2015 | 19 | 56 |
| 2016 | 26 | 50 |
| 2017 | 24 | 71 |
| 2018 | 21 | 60 |
| 2019 | 28 | 53 |
| 2020 | 55 | 72 |
| 2021 | 69 | 274 |
| 2022 | 89 | 306 |
| 2023 | 73 | 260 |
| 2024 | 95 | 144 |
| 2025 | 95 | 60 |
| 2026 | 80 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Filter unit with a filter block, a damping layer and a housing, and process of manufacturing such a filter unit6 Oct 2026US 12,752,136 B2Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
- Respiratory muscle strengthening device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,174 B2Ghinnotek Co., Ltd.
- Personal protective anti-viral face mask15 Sep 2026US 12,734,378 B2lowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
- Preparation method of bismuth ion filter membrane and application thereof15 Sep 2026US 12,734,470 B2Work Together Marketing Consultant Limited
- System and method for absorbing moisture within a face mask8 Sep 2026US 12,727,632 B2Honeywell Safety Products USA, Inc.
- Multifunctional filter materials8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305741 A1Khalifa University of Science and Technology
- Mask with translucent flap1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295311 A1Makrite Industries Inc.
- Mask and a powered respirator device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284449 A1
- Sanitary mask sheet17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272077 A1Kao Corporation
- Reusable face mask17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273313 A1Air Flo Labs, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Melt-blown fibrous electrets387US 4,215,682 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1980
- Particle-loaded microfiber sheet product and respirators made therefrom339US 3,971,373 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1976
- Method of charging electret filter media289US 5,496,507 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1996
- Respirator249US 6,817,362 B2North Safety Products, Inc. · 2004
- Endoscopy breathing mask224US 5,431,158 A1995