D06F 43/002
Spotting apparatus
Official title: {Spotting apparatus}
D06F43/002 (Spotting apparatus) appears on 50 US grants and 62 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 62
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 107
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Washing unit, planar washing machine and method31 Mar 2026US 12,590,408 B224 Pesula Oy
- Clothes care apparatus and method for controlling clothes care apparatus10 Mar 2026US 12,571,150 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Stain removal device using bleach chemical solution and heat generation1 Oct 2024US 12,104,311 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Clothes care device and clothes care apparatus17 Sep 2024US 12,089,797 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Portable washing kit and washing method23 Jul 2024US 12,043,947 B2Hush Co., Ltd.
- Stain removal device19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049425 A1HCL Technologies Limited
- Portable stain removal device and method for locally removing a stain from a textile18 Sep 2025US 2025/0290246 A1Brinz Capital Invest SA
- Multipurpose garment care device17 Jul 2025US 2025/0230604 A1HCL Technologies Limited
- Clothes care apparatus and method for controlling clothes care apparatus27 Feb 2025US 2025/0066976 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Clothes care apparatus27 Feb 2025US 2025/0066985 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Textile cleaning processes and apparatus83US 6,889,399 B2Steiner-Atlantic Corp. · 2005
- Machine for cleaning a fabric workpiece79US 4,120,180 A1978
- Fabric revitalizing method using low absorbency pads58US 7,665,227 B2Whirlpool Corporation · 2010
- Method of and apparatus for removing stains from soiled areas of a plannar textile article36US 4,926,514 ABiac Holding AG · 1990
- Spot cleaning system and method33US 5,253,378 ACherokee Products, Inc. · 1993