A45D 1/00
Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot
Official title: Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor
A45D1/00 (Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot) appears on 708 US grants and 964 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A45D- Granted patents
- 708
- Published applications
- 964
- Assignees
- 253
- Inventors
- 1,442
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 9 |
| 2003 | 17 | 20 |
| 2004 | 10 | 18 |
| 2005 | 11 | 38 |
| 2006 | 8 | 27 |
| 2007 | 8 | 28 |
| 2008 | 7 | 31 |
| 2009 | 11 | 25 |
| 2010 | 8 | 41 |
| 2011 | 17 | 48 |
| 2012 | 19 | 25 |
| 2013 | 33 | 39 |
| 2014 | 22 | 35 |
| 2015 | 20 | 43 |
| 2016 | 20 | 44 |
| 2017 | 21 | 46 |
| 2018 | 19 | 58 |
| 2019 | 20 | 31 |
| 2020 | 24 | 55 |
| 2021 | 24 | 25 |
| 2022 | 21 | 40 |
| 2023 | 24 | 64 |
| 2024 | 31 | 72 |
| 2025 | 30 | 61 |
| 2026 | 30 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A45D 1/02Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot: with means for internal heating520
- A45D 1/06Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot: with two or more jaws175
- A45D 2001/008Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot: with vapor generationIndexing code107
- A45D 1/28Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot: with means for controlling or105
- A45D 1/18Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot: with combs84
- A45D 2001/002Accessories thereforIndexing code58
- A45D 2001/004Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot: with a ceramic componentIndexing code40
- A45D 1/16Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot: with a single heated member29
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- Electric hair curling iron with rechargeable battery power supply148US 4,354,092 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1982
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