B29L 2031/4878
Diapers, napkins
Official title: {Diapers, napkins}
B29L2031/4878 (Diapers, napkins) appears on 679 US grants and 727 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 727
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- 128
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- 978
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 16 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Elastomeric laminate(s) for absorbent article donning1 Sep 2026US 12,721,760 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Methods and apparatuses for making elastomeric laminates28 Jul 2026US 12,691,013 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Retaining device, absorbent item comprising such a device, and method for manufacturing such a device28 Jul 2026US 12,691,015 B2Aplix
- Methods and apparatuses for making elastomeric laminates with elastic strands provided with a spin finish21 Jul 2026US 12,685,678 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Method for forming protrusions in a substrate used to manufacture absorbent articles14 Jul 2026US 12,679,046 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Elastic laminates and methods for assembling elastic laminates for absorbent articles8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306306 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Elastomeric laminate(s) for absorbent article donning8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306309 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Methods and apparatuses for making elastomeric laminates24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283863 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- System and method for forming protrusions in a substrate used to manufacture absorbent articles17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273868 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Elastic member and disposable wearing article including elastic member3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256220 A1Daio Paper Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Elasticized disposable training pant and method of making the same809US 5,246,433 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1993
- Flangeless seam for use in disposable articles586US 6,120,489 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 2000
- Composite elastomeric material and process for making the same581US 4,720,415 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1988
- Multi-phase process for debossing and perforating a polymeric web to coincide with the image of one or more three-dimensional forming structures557US 4,609,518 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1986
- Ultrasonic horn assembly with fused stack components397US 6,786,383 B2Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2004