B24D 3/002
Flexible supporting members
Official title: {Flexible supporting members, e.g. paper, woven, plastic materials}
B24D3/002 (Flexible supporting members) appears on 241 US grants and 218 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24D- Granted patents
- 241
- Published applications
- 218
- Assignees
- 96
- Inventors
- 578
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 3 |
| 2002 | 7 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 8 |
| 2004 | 6 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12 |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 8 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 | 14 |
| 2014 | 3 | 7 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 15 |
| 2017 | 9 | 16 |
| 2018 | 10 | 8 |
| 2019 | 8 | 19 |
| 2020 | 8 | 18 |
| 2021 | 7 | 14 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 9 | 16 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Abrasive articles and method of making the same19 May 2026US 12,629,798 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Single-side polishing apparatus, single-side polishing method, and polishing pad17 Mar 2026US 12,576,473 B2Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.
- Abrasive articles and methods of forming same3 Mar 2026US 12,564,916 B2Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.
- Plate-like backing pad adapted for releasable attachment to a hand-held polishing or sanding power tool3 Feb 2026US 12,539,578 B2
- Abrasive article and method of making the same20 Jan 2026US 12,528,158 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Device and method to improve as-cast inner surface quality in cast parts24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284833 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Abrasive articles and method of making the same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241515 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Abrasive article13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232164 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Abrasive articles and methods of forming same16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102878 A1Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.
- Cleaning product5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061556 A1Mirka Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Structured abrasive article552US 5,152,917 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1992
- Coated abrasives with rapidly curable adhesives and controllable curvature309US 4,642,126 ANorton Company · 1987
- Coated abrasive having radiation curable binder286US 4,751,138 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1988
- Coated abrasive article having diluent particles and shaped abrasive particles285US 5,496,386 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1996
- Coated abrasive article, method for preparing the same, and method of using a coated abrasive article to abrade a hard workpiece247US 5,975,988 AMinnesota Mining and Manfacturing Company · 1999