Y10T 442/601
Nonwoven fabric has an elastic quality
Y10T442/601 (Nonwoven fabric has an elastic quality) appears on 475 US grants and 452 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 475
- Published applications
- 452
- Assignees
- 197
- Inventors
- 1,040
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2003 | 20 | 36 |
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| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Elastomeric laminate26 May 2026US 12,636,635 B2Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Stretchable flame barrier panels21 Jan 2025US 12,201,222 B2Tietex International, Ltd.
- Methods for manufacturing elastic film laminates16 Apr 2024US 11,958,279 B2Fitesa Film Products LLC
- Fusible bicomponent spandex14 Mar 2023US 11,603,605 B2The LYCRA Company LLC
- Stretchable flame barrier panels3 Jan 2023US 11,540,644 B2Tietex International, Ltd.
- Biomaterial-based elastomeric materials13 Mar 2025US 2025/0084587 A1The Fynder Group, Inc.
- Stretchable flame barrier panels4 May 2023US 2023/0139961 A1Tietex International, Ltd.
- Strong Elastic Bicomponent Fiber Having Unique Handfeel30 Mar 2023US 2023/0098239 A1Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Elastic Bicomponent Fiber Having Unique Handfeel23 Mar 2023US 2023/0087539 A1Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Elastomeric Laminate23 Mar 2023US 2023/0089861 A1Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for forming a composite elastic necked-bonded material776US 5,226,992 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1993
- Absorbent article with multiple zone structural elastic-like film web extensible waist feature749US 5,554,145 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1996
- Reversibly necked material360US 4,965,122 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1990
- Elastic laminated sheet of an incrementally stretched nonwoven fibrous web and elastomeric film and method342US 5,422,172 AClopay Plastic Products Company, Inc. · 1995
- Composite elastic necked-bonded material336US 5,336,545 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1994