D04B 21/12
Characterised by thread material
Official title: characterised by thread material
D04B21/12 (Characterised by thread material) appears on 290 US grants and 344 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 290
- Published applications
- 344
- Assignees
- 202
- Inventors
- 566
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 7 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 11 |
| 2006 | 4 | 11 |
| 2007 | 7 | 6 |
| 2008 | 5 | 11 |
| 2009 | 3 | 12 |
| 2010 | 3 | 10 |
| 2011 | 10 | 13 |
| 2012 | 5 | 16 |
| 2013 | 3 | 19 |
| 2014 | 6 | 19 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13 |
| 2016 | 13 | 22 |
| 2017 | 12 | 18 |
| 2018 | 15 | 20 |
| 2019 | 13 | 18 |
| 2020 | 17 | 22 |
| 2021 | 16 | 13 |
| 2022 | 14 | 18 |
| 2023 | 14 | 11 |
| 2024 | 16 | 12 |
| 2025 | 12 | 19 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Mesh warp knitted fabric and textile product22 Sep 2026US 12,742,271 B2Violetta Co., Ltd.
- Bioresorbable knit for hernia repair and method for manufacturing the same2 Jun 2026US 12,642,637 B2Sofradim Production
- Warp-knitted fabric and medical material10 Feb 2026US 12,544,205 B2Teijin Limited
- Prosthesis for inguinal hernia23 Sep 2025US 12,419,733 B2Sofradim Production
- Prosthetic porous knit19 Aug 2025US 12,392,064 B2Sofradim Production
- Polyamide multifilament, and woven and knitted fabric10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265959 A1Toray Industries, Inc.
- A composite compliant vascular graft9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191636 A1ASCENSE MEDICAL GmbH
- Textile configured to promote cooling15 Jan 2026US 2026/0015776 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Mesh warp knitted fabric and textile product8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009171 A1Violetta Co., Ltd.
- Zonal elastic shoe material and method for manufacturing the same25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389065 A1Fujian Ligang New Material Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Knitted surgical mesh1,330US 6,287,316 B1Ethicon, Inc. · 2001
- Prosthesis for reinforcement of tissue structures1,068US 8,142,515 B2Sofradim Production · 2012
- Selectively absorbable/biodegradable, fibrous composite constructs and applications thereof1,024US 9,011,439 B2Poly-Med, Inc. · 2015
- Mesh implant with an interlocking knitted structure819US 8,313,499 B2Novus Scientific Pte. Ltd. · 2012
- Prosthetic repair fabric371US 6,120,539 AC. R. Bard, Inc. · 2000