A44C 7/00
Ear-rings
Official title: Ear-rings; Devices for piercing the ear-lobes
A44C7/00 (Ear-rings) appears on 553 US grants and 412 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A44C- Granted patents
- 553
- Published applications
- 412
- Assignees
- 189
- Inventors
- 780
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 15 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 21 | 0 |
| 1992 | 21 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 8 |
| 2003 | 12 | 8 |
| 2004 | 2 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 15 |
| 2006 | 9 | 13 |
| 2007 | 5 | 16 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17 |
| 2009 | 6 | 17 |
| 2010 | 1 | 10 |
| 2011 | 4 | 15 |
| 2012 | 3 | 12 |
| 2013 | 9 | 19 |
| 2014 | 16 | 15 |
| 2015 | 11 | 20 |
| 2016 | 16 | 21 |
| 2017 | 10 | 20 |
| 2018 | 14 | 21 |
| 2019 | 16 | 32 |
| 2020 | 12 | 18 |
| 2021 | 20 | 23 |
| 2022 | 15 | 22 |
| 2023 | 13 | 22 |
| 2024 | 18 | 15 |
| 2025 | 12 | 13 |
| 2026 | 6 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Jewelry having interchangeable decorative elements15 Sep 2026US 12,733,719 B2Flamond Limited
- Item of jewelery5 May 2026US 12,616,282 B2
- Manual ear piercing gun21 Apr 2026US 12,604,949 B2
- Methods of temporarily enhancing the luster and brilliance of jewelry and gem stones21 Apr 2026US 12,605,737 B2
- Ear piercing instrument24 Feb 2026US 12,557,885 B2
- Extended release compressible body stretch devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305778 A1
- Toolkit and method for embedding flat padded earring posts into polymer clay jewelry2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182711 A1
- Electronic device including connection structure of battery and substrate2 Jul 2026US 2026/0188797 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Earring back and method of use28 May 2026US 2026/0144341 A1
- Improved Large Jewel Setting For Retention In An Ear Lobe30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114560 A1
Most cited
By later US patents