A47G 21/00
Table-ware
Official title: Table-ware (crumb trays A47L13/52; table knives B26B)
A47G21/00 (Table-ware) appears on 1,953 US grants and 2,256 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47G- Granted patents
- 1,953
- Published applications
- 2,256
- Assignees
- 827
- Inventors
- 3,863
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 24 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 26 | 0 |
| 1986 | 36 | 0 |
| 1987 | 27 | 0 |
| 1988 | 28 | 0 |
| 1989 | 31 | 0 |
| 1990 | 32 | 0 |
| 1991 | 37 | 0 |
| 1992 | 28 | 0 |
| 1993 | 39 | 0 |
| 1994 | 24 | 0 |
| 1995 | 29 | 0 |
| 1996 | 24 | 0 |
| 1997 | 38 | 0 |
| 1998 | 44 | 0 |
| 1999 | 48 | 0 |
| 2000 | 51 | 0 |
| 2001 | 26 | 12 |
| 2002 | 46 | 46 |
| 2003 | 38 | 58 |
| 2004 | 31 | 60 |
| 2005 | 20 | 82 |
| 2006 | 31 | 76 |
| 2007 | 28 | 76 |
| 2008 | 24 | 83 |
| 2009 | 22 | 79 |
| 2010 | 29 | 74 |
| 2011 | 39 | 84 |
| 2012 | 41 | 75 |
| 2013 | 40 | 76 |
| 2014 | 65 | 105 |
| 2015 | 50 | 96 |
| 2016 | 62 | 85 |
| 2017 | 73 | 104 |
| 2018 | 73 | 123 |
| 2019 | 75 | 101 |
| 2020 | 71 | 141 |
| 2021 | 76 | 145 |
| 2022 | 78 | 129 |
| 2023 | 70 | 117 |
| 2024 | 72 | 92 |
| 2025 | 69 | 78 |
| 2026 | 32 | 59 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A47G 21/18Drinking straws or the like606
- A47G 21/02Forks315
- A47G 21/14Knife racks or stands238
- A47G 21/04Spoons207
- A47G 21/10Sugar tongs201
- A47G 21/06Combined or separable sets of table-service utensils149
- A47G 21/001Holders or wrappers as eating aids for fast food124
- A47G 21/16Table-cloth or napkin holders108
All 15 subgroupsShow fewer
- A47G 21/08Serving devices for one-handed persons103
- A47G 21/004Table-ware comprising food additives to be used with foodstuff64
- A47G 2021/002CollapsibleIndexing code54
- A47G 21/12Toothpick holders33
- A47G 21/007Table-ware: with means for keeping food cool or hot11
- A47G 2021/008Table-ware: with means for influencing or monitoring the temperature of the foodIndexing code8
- A47G 21/005Devices for spreading butter7
Recent patents
- Interactive foodware systems and methods to generate data for location and movement of utensil, and controller that instructs speaker to generate audio data based on location of the utensil29 Sep 2026US 12,750,613 B2Universal City Studios LLC
- Monitoring system for straw manufacturing apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,741,408 B2New WinCup Holdings, Inc.
- Drinking system with injector pump8 Sep 2026US 12,727,692 B2air up group GmbH
- Portable chopstick and chopstick body aligning structure thereof8 Sep 2026US 12,727,693 B2Layana Co., Ltd.
- Lid-mounted food and condiment holder8 Sep 2026US 12,727,695 B2
- Adapter for a drinking straw and drinking device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305854 A1air up group GmbH
- Additive mixing system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294145 A1
- Water enrichment system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296931 A1Green Tech Water Ltd
- Table covering system with selectively releasable access region and retaining structure3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256305 A1
- Beverage package3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256307 A1Global Advantage Holdings, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and systems for illuminating household products168US 7,303,300 B2Color Kinetics Incorporated · 2007
- Resilient valve and dispensing system for bicyclists141US 5,085,349 A1992
- Personal hydration system with an improved mouthpiece103US 6,070,767 ACamelBak Products, LLC · 2000
- Nestable, stackable cutlery101US 4,524,512 AO Tray Corporation · 1985
- Drink containers99US 8,191,727 B2CamelBak Products, LLC · 2012