A45D 1/06
Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot: with two or more jaws
Official title: with two or more jaws (A45D1/02 takes precedence)
A45D1/06 (Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot: with two or more jaws) appears on 175 US grants and 323 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A45D- Granted patents
- 175
- Published applications
- 323
- Assignees
- 92
- Inventors
- 469
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 9 |
| 2006 | 4 | 9 |
| 2007 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 1 | 15 |
| 2011 | 7 | 17 |
| 2012 | 7 | 8 |
| 2013 | 13 | 7 |
| 2014 | 5 | 10 |
| 2015 | 9 | 19 |
| 2016 | 6 | 17 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11 |
| 2018 | 7 | 19 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13 |
| 2020 | 9 | 17 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 | 19 |
| 2023 | 11 | 24 |
| 2024 | 14 | 31 |
| 2025 | 8 | 27 |
| 2026 | 12 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrically heating hair styling tongs selectively usable to crimp or straighten hair72US 4,739,151 AS. A. Faco · 1988
- Heated hair styling device69US 6,070,596 AWahl Clipper Corporation · 2000
- Hair curling iron and oven43US 4,103,145 A1978
- Heated hair styling system43US 6,119,702 A2000
- Split barrel electric hair curler/styler38US 4,479,047 ASunbeam Corporation · 1984