A46B 5/021
Grips or handles specially adapted to conform to the hand
Official title: {Grips or handles specially adapted to conform to the hand}
A46B5/021 (Grips or handles specially adapted to conform to the hand) appears on 145 US grants and 223 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 145
- Published applications
- 223
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 315
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 10 |
| 2011 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 5 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 7 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9 |
| 2015 | 10 | 15 |
| 2016 | 9 | 15 |
| 2017 | 8 | 15 |
| 2018 | 13 | 12 |
| 2019 | 10 | 18 |
| 2020 | 15 | 13 |
| 2021 | 9 | 20 |
| 2022 | 16 | 12 |
| 2023 | 7 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 |
| 2025 | 9 | 13 |
| 2026 | 7 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Toothbrush138US 4,672,706 AStratford Laboratories · 1987
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