D04H 3/08
Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material
Official title: characterised by the method of strengthening or consolidating
D04H3/08 (Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material) appears on 2,516 US grants and 2,978 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04H- Granted patents
- 2,516
- Published applications
- 2,978
- Assignees
- 957
- Inventors
- 5,274
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 30 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 20 | 0 |
| 1981 | 22 | 0 |
| 1982 | 15 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 17 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 32 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 34 | 0 |
| 1993 | 30 | 0 |
| 1994 | 32 | 0 |
| 1995 | 42 | 0 |
| 1996 | 40 | 0 |
| 1997 | 59 | 0 |
| 1998 | 70 | 0 |
| 1999 | 66 | 0 |
| 2000 | 58 | 0 |
| 2001 | 55 | 31 |
| 2002 | 57 | 82 |
| 2003 | 60 | 147 |
| 2004 | 60 | 116 |
| 2005 | 54 | 123 |
| 2006 | 36 | 117 |
| 2007 | 42 | 86 |
| 2008 | 34 | 113 |
| 2009 | 39 | 106 |
| 2010 | 72 | 108 |
| 2011 | 72 | 113 |
| 2012 | 70 | 106 |
| 2013 | 74 | 100 |
| 2014 | 64 | 98 |
| 2015 | 57 | 96 |
| 2016 | 71 | 113 |
| 2017 | 60 | 114 |
| 2018 | 76 | 161 |
| 2019 | 81 | 107 |
| 2020 | 90 | 144 |
| 2021 | 97 | 160 |
| 2022 | 70 | 140 |
| 2023 | 99 | 157 |
| 2024 | 132 | 151 |
| 2025 | 86 | 111 |
| 2026 | 67 | 78 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- D04H 3/16With bonds between thermoplastic filaments produced in association with filament formation1,290
- D04H 3/14With bonds between thermoplastic yarns or filaments produced by welding955
- D04H 3/10With bonds between yarns or filaments made mechanically533
- D04H 3/12With filaments or yarns secured together by chemical or thermo-activatable bonding agents366
Recent patents
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- Breathable and waterproof cloth and manufacturing method thereof15 Sep 2026US 12,734,783 B2Taiwan Textile Research Institute
- Layered composite articles and methods of making same8 Sep 2026US 12,728,621 B2Columbia Insurance Company
- Apparatus for making spunbond8 Sep 2026US 12,729,468 B2Reifenhaeuser GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik
- Elastomeric laminate(s) for absorbent article donning8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306309 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Patterned Apertured Webs8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306312 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Non-woven of spunbonded thermoplastic filaments having improved weldability properties and method for manufacturing such a non-woven8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306698 A1Dounor SAS
- Silky, fine-denier non-woven fabric and manufacturing method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308827 A1Xiamen Yanjan New Material Co., Ltd.
- A Method For Producing A Structured Fibrous Mat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308828 A1Celluxtreme AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for forming nonwoven webs1,405US 4,340,563 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1982
- Nonwoven multicomponent polymeric fabric and method for making same779US 5,382,400 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1995
- Nonwoven thermoplastic fabric751US 4,041,203 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1977
- Nonwoven fabric made with multicomponent polymeric strands including a blend of polyolefin and ethylene alkyl acrylate copolymer614US 5,336,552 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1994
- Nonwoven web with projections506US 4,741,941 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1988