A45F 5/004
Holders or carriers for hand articles: with an automatic spring reel
Official title: {with an automatic spring reel}
A45F5/004 (Holders or carriers for hand articles: with an automatic spring reel) appears on 187 US grants and 258 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A45F- Granted patents
- 187
- Published applications
- 258
- Assignees
- 96
- Inventors
- 372
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
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| 2002 | 4 | 8 |
| 2003 | 11 | 8 |
| 2004 | 1 | 8 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13 |
| 2006 | 1 | 9 |
| 2007 | 6 | 12 |
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| 2009 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11 |
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| 2021 | 8 | 16 |
| 2022 | 13 | 27 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7 |
| 2024 | 17 | 10 |
| 2025 | 4 | 7 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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