Baby Wipes Substrate and Lotion Patents: Top Companies & Trends 2026
Baby Wipes Substrate and Lotion Patents: Who Holds the Claim Space
Concentrated at the top. Five assignees hold 74.2% of the 783 records in scope, and ten hold 83.4% — this is a field with a narrow set of gatekeepers, not a fragmented one. Filings opened the window at 20 (2017), climbed to a peak of 25 in 2019, and by the last complete comparison window ran 23 in 2021 down to 17 in 2024 — a -26% move. 2025 and 2026 figures are still filling in under the publication lag and are not evidence of a further decline.
- 1PROCTER & GAMBLE CO314
- 2KIMBERLY CLARK WORLDWIDE INC205
- 3ROCKLINE INDUSTRIES INC24
- 4GEORGIA PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODS LP19
- 5JOHNSON & JOHNSON LIMITED19
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- Every IPC branch with its share of the corpus
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Common questions on this landscape
Who holds the most patents on baby wipes substrate and lotion technology?
The dataset behind this page ranks 100 assignees by patent family, and the leader alone holds 314 of the 783 records in scope — more than a third of the entire field. The top five combined hold 74.2% of all records, and the top ten hold 83.4%, so this is a field where a small number of companies control most of the claim space rather than one split evenly across many filers. Anyone evaluating freedom to operate should start with that leading portfolio before looking further down the ranking.
Is patent filing in baby wipes substrate and lotion technology growing or slowing?
Filing peaked at 25 records in 2019 after starting the tracked window at 20 in 2017. The most recent complete-year comparison available shows 23 filings in 2021 falling to 17 in 2024, a -26% change. Because publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, the 2025 and 2026 figures in any trend chart are still incomplete and should not be read as proof of a further decline — the -26% figure through 2024 is the reliable comparison point.
What technology areas dominate baby wipes patent claims?
Formulation chemistry dominates over mechanical hardware. A61K (medicinal preparations) appears in 45.2% of the 783 records in scope and A61Q (cosmetics use) in 36.5%, while packaging and dispensing art under B65D sits at only 15.1%. That gap suggests the more heavily contested claim territory is in the lotion and preservative chemistry rather than in the physical wipe container or dispensing mechanism, though a record can span multiple classes so these figures are not mutually exclusive shares.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Baby Wipes Substrate and Lotion covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.