A01B 1/00
Hand tools
Official title: Hand tools (edge trimmers for lawns A01G3/06)
A01B1/00 (Hand tools) appears on 1,047 US grants and 794 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01B- Granted patents
- 1,047
- Published applications
- 794
- Assignees
- 285
- Inventors
- 1,637
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 14 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 19 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 20 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 26 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 22 | 0 |
| 1995 | 44 | 0 |
| 1996 | 38 | 0 |
| 1997 | 31 | 0 |
| 1998 | 50 | 0 |
| 1999 | 34 | 0 |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 2001 | 30 | 4 |
| 2002 | 40 | 30 |
| 2003 | 27 | 34 |
| 2004 | 21 | 31 |
| 2005 | 16 | 44 |
| 2006 | 25 | 32 |
| 2007 | 7 | 22 |
| 2008 | 10 | 39 |
| 2009 | 8 | 25 |
| 2010 | 15 | 18 |
| 2011 | 17 | 23 |
| 2012 | 10 | 28 |
| 2013 | 14 | 26 |
| 2014 | 22 | 29 |
| 2015 | 18 | 33 |
| 2016 | 24 | 35 |
| 2017 | 31 | 33 |
| 2018 | 24 | 40 |
| 2019 | 28 | 31 |
| 2020 | 22 | 38 |
| 2021 | 21 | 36 |
| 2022 | 24 | 46 |
| 2023 | 27 | 32 |
| 2024 | 27 | 45 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 |
| 2026 | 20 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Power tool having a hammer mechanism8 Sep 2026US 12,728,515 B2Makita Corporation
- Vegetable support apparatus11 Aug 2026US 12,702,095 B2
- Garden tool28 Jul 2026US 12,690,504 B2Motoseal Components Oy
- Punching tool and aerator14 Jul 2026US 12,677,716 B1Suzhou Morange Import & Export Co., Ltd.
- Robust collapsible shovel16 Jun 2026US 12,653,080 B1
- Customizable garden tool8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305509 A1
- Digging glove24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283274 A1
- Digging tool20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240062 A1
- Manual lawn aerator23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206665 A1Suzhou Grand Star Technology Co., Ltd.
- Methods, systems, and apparatus to extract one or more weeds16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198475 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for preventing migration of sutures through transosseous tunnels273US 5,860,978 AInnovasive Devices, Inc. · 1999
- Gardening tool269US 6,311,783 B12001
- Methods and apparatus for preventing migration of sutures through transosseous tunnels215US 6,830,572 B2Depuy Mitex, Inc. · 2004
- Ergonomically efficient tool79US 5,810,408 A1998
- Soil manipulating tool75US 6,951,254 B2Ecompost Pty. Ltd. · 2005