A45C 13/023
Means for holding keys
Official title: {Means for holding keys}
A45C13/023 (Means for holding keys) appears on 42 US grants and 58 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A45C- Granted patents
- 42
- Published applications
- 58
- Assignees
- 23
- Inventors
- 102
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2021 | 2 | 7 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Personal carrying devices25 Aug 2026US 12,714,213 B2Ctb Holdings LLC
- Case for portable electronic device30 Jul 2024US 12,048,361 B2Under Armour, Inc.
- Compact utility wallet19 Mar 2024US 11,930,901 B2
- Clipboard and key organizer with tape dispenser7 Feb 2023US 11,571,922 B2
- Carrying case27 Dec 2022US 11,534,038 B2Jc Innovations
Most cited
By later US patents
- Collapsible bag arrangement and method106US 6,640,856 B1Tumi, Inc. · 2003
- Carrying case with selective object positioning52US 8,312,816 B22012
- Multi-function travel case46US 7,467,695 B2Targus Group International, Inc. · 2008
- Key ring and/or chain holder30US 4,004,325 A1977
- Fob integrated key25US 7,634,932 B2Chrysler Group LLC · 2009