A01B 1/02
Spades
Official title: Spades; Shovels
A01B1/02 (Spades) appears on 341 US grants and 297 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01B- Granted patents
- 341
- Published applications
- 297
- Assignees
- 105
- Inventors
- 579
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 13 | 5 |
| 2003 | 9 | 11 |
| 2004 | 6 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 17 |
| 2006 | 8 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 14 |
| 2009 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 7 | 11 |
| 2012 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 5 |
| 2014 | 10 | 14 |
| 2015 | 11 | 16 |
| 2016 | 15 | 16 |
| 2017 | 20 | 18 |
| 2018 | 14 | 22 |
| 2019 | 11 | 14 |
| 2020 | 14 | 18 |
| 2021 | 10 | 16 |
| 2022 | 11 | 16 |
| 2023 | 13 | 12 |
| 2024 | 12 | 11 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
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
- Robust collapsible shovel16 Jun 2026US 12,653,080 B1
- Articulating pusher shovel28 Apr 2026US 12,612,750 B2
- Power tool having a hammer mechanism14 Apr 2026US 12,601,138 B2Makita Corporation
- Fire suppression vegetation removal safety kit3 Mar 2026US 12,564,115 B2Xylem I LLC
- Customizable garden tool8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305509 A1
- Digging tool20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240062 A1
- Trench digger and method therefor9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193860 A1
- Avalanche rescue shovel, and manufacturing methods18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168192 A1Peakcarbon d.o.o.
- Shovel with multiple spaced-apart grips11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157254 A1
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