B29K 2223/0683
Uhmwpe, i.e. ultra high molecular weight polyethylene
Official title: {UHMWPE, i.e. ultra high molecular weight polyethylene}
B29K2223/0683 (Uhmwpe, i.e. ultra high molecular weight polyethylene) appears on 32 US grants and 46 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29K- Granted patents
- 32
- Published applications
- 46
- Assignees
- 24
- Inventors
- 92
- Latest grant
- 9 Sep 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Body armor panel for use with personal protective vest and system for assembling same9 Sep 2025US 12,410,992 B2Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.
- Body armor panel for use with personal protective vest and system for assembling same26 Aug 2025US 12,398,981 B2Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.
- Lightweight composite armor6 Aug 2024US 12,055,369 B2Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Albany, Inc.
- Ballistic translation efficiency of high performance fibers20 Dec 2022US 11,530,513 B2Honeywell International Inc.
- High-strength multi-component suture17 Nov 2020US 10,835,240 B2Teleflex Medical Incorporated
- Body armor panel for use with personal protective vest and system for assembling same19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049793 A1Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.
- Body armor panel for use with personal protective vest and system for assembling same21 Mar 2024US 2024/0093973 A1Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.
- Body armor panel for use with personal protective vest and system for assembling same25 May 2023US 2023/0160668 A1Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.
- Fiber composites having strength and flexibility, systems, and methods thereof18 May 2023US 2023/0152061 A1University of Washington
- Lightweight composite armor11 May 2023US 2023/0146363 A1Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ballistic-resistant panel including high modulus ultra high molecular weight polyethylene tape144US 7,964,267 B1BAE Systems Tensylon H.P.M., Inc. · 2011
- Manufacturing and material processing for prosthetic devices124US 7,611,653 B1Active Implants Corporation · 2009
- Additive manufacturing of a unibody vehicle117US 10,022,912 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC · 2018
- Composite structures of ultra-high-molecular-weight polymers, such as ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene products, and method of producing such structures67US 4,944,974 A1990
- Reinforced polyethylene for articular surfaces37US 5,609,638 AZimmer, Inc. · 1997