D21H 27/007
Relating to absorbency
Official title: {relating to absorbency, e.g. amount or rate of water absorption, optionally in combination with other parameters relating to physical or mechanical properties}
D21H27/007 (Relating to absorbency) appears on 193 US grants and 249 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D21H- Granted patents
- 193
- Published applications
- 249
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 237
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 8 | 18 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 |
| 2014 | 15 | 10 |
| 2015 | 16 | 41 |
| 2016 | 32 | 16 |
| 2017 | 10 | 16 |
| 2018 | 8 | 23 |
| 2019 | 8 | 16 |
| 2020 | 12 | 15 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 |
| 2022 | 17 | 19 |
| 2023 | 17 | 16 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 10 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Arrays of sanitary tissue products comprising non-wood(s)15 Sep 2026US 12,735,246 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Arrays comprising high tier and lower tier sustainable sanitary tissue products25 Aug 2026US 12,715,682 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Absorbent structures with high strength and low MD stretch17 Feb 2026US 12,553,189 B2First Quality Tissue, LLC
- Digital arrays comprising sustainable sanitary tissue products23 Dec 2025US 12,503,297 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Absorbent articles and methods for manufacturing same14 Oct 2025US 12,442,139 B2Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Arrays of sanitary tissue products comprising non-wood(s)8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307891 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Durable tissue product23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210059 A1Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Kitchen towel roll9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191370 A1Nippon Paper Crecia Co., Ltd.
- Arrays comprising high tier and lower tier sustainable sanitary tissue products9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193018 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Paper treatment agent and paper using same, and method for improving paper texture2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185305 A1Miyoshi Oil & Fat Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wet-pressed tissue and towel products with elevated CD stretch and low tensile ratios made with a high solids fabric crepe process116US 7,588,660 B2Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP · 2009
- Fabric crepe/draw process for producing absorbent sheet106US 7,789,995 B2Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP · 2010
- Fibrous structures104US 8,034,463 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2011
- Towel with quality wet scrubbing properties at relatively low basis weight and an apparatus and method for producing same66US 9,719,213 B2First Quality Tissue, LLC · 2017
- Fabric crepe/draw process for producing absorbent sheet64US 8,152,958 B2Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP · 2012