D06F 2103/02
Characteristics of laundry or load
D06F2103/02 (Characteristics of laundry or load) appears on 1,258 US grants and 1,540 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,540
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- 236
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 13 | 14 |
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| 2004 | 14 | 36 |
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| 2019 | 52 | 90 |
| 2020 | 73 | 91 |
| 2021 | 70 | 111 |
| 2022 | 75 | 89 |
| 2023 | 77 | 82 |
| 2024 | 72 | 87 |
| 2025 | 80 | 87 |
| 2026 | 46 | 55 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Clothes treatment apparatus, and control method for clothes treatment apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,747,532 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Clothes dryer and method for controlling the same22 Sep 2026US 12,742,281 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Adaptative washing system for different water and/or load levels15 Sep 2026US 12,735,824 B2Controladora Mabe S.A. De C.V.
- Method and device for the wet treatment, in particular the washing and/or spinning, of laundry batches consisting of a plurality of laundry items8 Sep 2026US 12,729,476 B2Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH
- Method for controlling clothing treatment apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,723,340 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Utilizing air moisture sensor and compressor power sensor data within a laundry appliance to detect refrigerant leaks8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308832 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Self-cleaning system for a heat pump dryer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308834 A1Whirlpool Corporation
- Clothes treating apparatus and control method of clothes treating apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297830 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Handheld steaming wand for a pressing and steaming kiosk1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297842 A1LaundrySucks.io Inc. (dba Presso)
- Methods of operating a washing machine appliance17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275605 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Drum type washing machine and dryer147US 5,768,730 ASharp Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Drying cycle controller for controlling drying as a function of humidity and temperature110US 5,649,372 AAmerican Dryer Corporation · 1997
- Energy efficient clothes dryer100US 4,621,438 A1986
- Automatic liquid control system for a clothes washing machine77US 4,503,575 AWhirlpool Corporation · 1985
- Internet enabled resource constrained terminal for processing tags74US 6,793,127 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2004