A47F 2010/065
Food shields
Official title: {Food shields; sneeze guards}
A47F2010/065 (Food shields) appears on 86 US grants and 85 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47F- Granted patents
- 86
- Published applications
- 85
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 107
- Latest grant
- 2 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 |
| 2019 | 5 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11 |
| 2021 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 7 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Frame for supporting and moving a panel of a display cabinet for show-casing and selling products2 Dec 2025US 12,484,714 B2Nem USA Inc.
- Frame for supporting a retaining element for a panel of a display cabinet2 Dec 2025US 12,484,715 B2Nem USA Inc.
- Modular apparatus and elements thereof7 Oct 2025US 12,433,397 B2
- Food stand system17 Jun 2025US 12,329,296 B2
- Adjustable breath guard1 Apr 2025US 12,262,821 B2The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
- Adjustable viewing panel assembly for food guard systems6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224052 A1
- Food service hood4 Jun 2026US 2026/0150985 A1
- Sushi counter21 May 2026US 2026/0137203 A12ndTable Co., Ltd.
- Adjustable breath guard10 Jul 2025US 2025/0221548 A1The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
- Frame for supporting and moving a panel of a display cabinet for show-casing and selling products2 Jan 2025US 2025/0000276 A1Nem USA Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adjustable sneezeguard apparatus51US 6,132,018 A2000
- Sneeze guards and methods for their construction and use49US 6,588,863 B1Brass Smith, LLC · 2003
- Sneeze guard38US 5,584,545 A1996
- Adjustable food shield35US 8,403,430 B2Brass Smith, LLC · 2013
- Adjustable food shield32US 8,585,160 B2Brass Smith, LLC (BSI Designs) · 2013