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Non Wovens for Skin care wipes

Non Wovens for Skin care wipes

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Skin Care Applications

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Interactive Taxonomy


IP Activity

Based on Priority Year

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Based on Publication Year

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Assignee Statistics

  • Following graph represents top assignees in field of non woven for skin care wipes.
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  • Following graph represents top assignees most active in last 10 years in field of non woven for skin care wipes.
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Geographical Distribution

Unique Family Member

  • The following graph represents geographical distribution of patents based on priority country.
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Unique Family Member

  • Here, you can see the top 10 assignees in the Nonwovens for skincare landscape and their publishing trends over different geographies. The first interesting geography is US, the second is EP.
Top assignee Cognis IP Management Dow Corning Corp SCA Hygiene Products Beiersdorf AG Kao Corp Unilever PLC Johnson & Johnson Loreal SA Procter & Gamble Kimberly Clark
Australia (AU) 2 3 1 2
Canada (CA) 1 2 4
China (CN) 1
EPO (EP) 1 1 2 5 1 2 4 13
Germany (DE) 3 2
Japan (JP) 10 2 3 1
Korea (KR) 2 1 1 3 13
USA (US) 8 5 3 6 1 7 12 14 44 49
Great Britain(GB) 1 1
WIPO (WO) 3 2 1
Total 9 9 9 11 11 13 17 21 60 84

Statistics for Kimberly Clark

  • IP activity for Kimberly Clark based on publication year
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  • IP activity for Kimberly Clark based on priority year
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  • Following graph represents count of patents of Kimberly Clark about to expire in next 5 years.
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  • The following white space represents geographical distribution of patents owned by Kimberly Clark.
Kimberly Clark Corp Australia (AU) Canada (CA) EPO (EP) Germany (DE) Great Britain (GB) Korea (KR) USA (US) Total
2013 1 1 3 5
2012 1 1 1 4 7
2011 1 2 1 4
2010 1 1 1 2 5
2009 3 3 6
2008 1 3 1 1 6
2007 2 13 15
2006 2 1 1 4 8
2005 1 2 1 5 9
2004 1 4 1 11 17
2003 2 2
Total 3 4 13 2 1 12 49 84


  • The following white space represents non-woven substrates as used by Kimberly Clark. (Year-wise distribution)
Kimberly Clark 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total
Nonwoven Generic 2 5 1 3 5 2 2 2 1 23
Cellulosic fibers generic 7 5 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 1 36
Cotton 1 1 2
Polypropylene 3 2 2 1 1 9
Polyethylene 5 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 17
Polyester 3 1 1 4 1 2 1 13
Nylon 1 1 3 1 6
Rayon 2 1 3
Blends 4 1 1 2 1 9
Total 2 30 11 13 24 9 6 4 8 8 3 118

Citations

  • Top cited patents:
Publication Number Priority Date Publication Date Assignee/Applicant Title Count of citing patents
US20060094320A1 20041102 20060504 Kimberly Clark Corp Gradient nanofiber materials and methods for making same 60
US20050137272A1 20030908 20050623 Fmc Biopolymer As Gelled biopolymer based foam 44
US20050148261A1 20031230 20050707 Kimberly Clark Corp Nonwoven webs having reduced lint and slough 32
US20070232179A1 20060331 20071004 Procter & Gamble Nonwoven fibrous structure comprising synthetic fibers and hydrophilizing agent 31
US20040030080A1 20010322 20040212 Kimberly Clark Corp Water-dispersible, cationic polymers, a method of making same and items using same 27
US6638527B2 20000417 20031028 Unilever Plc Substantially dry cleansing product of improved latherability and wet flexibility 26
US7576019B2 20040419 20090818 Procter & Gamble Fibers, nonwovens and articles containing nanofibers produced from high glass transition temperature polymers 26
US20050125877A1 20031216 20050616 Procter & Gamble Disposable nonwoven mitt adapted to fit on a childs hand 25
US20060014460A1 20040419 20060119 Procter & Gamble Articles containing nanofibers for use as barriers 24
US6764988B2 20010418 20040720 Kimberly Clark Corp Skin cleansing composition incorporating anionic particles 22


  • Top assignees citing Kimberly Clark patents:
Top Kimberly Clark patents citing assignees Count Technology cited
Procter & Gamble Co 32 Nonwoven substrates and disposable articles
Eastman Chemical Company 23 Nonwovens produced from multicomponent fibers
Donaldson Company Inc. 14 Nonwoven polymer blends
International Paper Company 10 Composition containing expandable microspheres
SCA Hygiene Products AB 7 Hygeine products