A47G 21/02
Forks
Official title: Forks; Forks with ejectors; Combined forks and spoons; Salad servers
A47G21/02 (Forks) appears on 315 US grants and 448 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47G- Granted patents
- 315
- Published applications
- 448
- Assignees
- 164
- Inventors
- 667
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 10 |
| 2004 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 0 | 9 |
| 2007 | 4 | 17 |
| 2008 | 2 | 18 |
| 2009 | 3 | 15 |
| 2010 | 3 | 10 |
| 2011 | 4 | 16 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13 |
| 2013 | 4 | 9 |
| 2014 | 5 | 22 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18 |
| 2016 | 10 | 26 |
| 2017 | 23 | 29 |
| 2018 | 22 | 25 |
| 2019 | 14 | 31 |
| 2020 | 14 | 24 |
| 2021 | 19 | 36 |
| 2022 | 15 | 25 |
| 2023 | 11 | 25 |
| 2024 | 15 | 25 |
| 2025 | 10 | 14 |
| 2026 | 4 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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
- Cover for an eating utensil1 Sep 2026US 12,721,480 B2
- Injection molded cutlery and method and system therefor28 Apr 2026US 12,611,061 B2Dart Container Corporation
- Spoon straw digit support utensil24 Mar 2026US 12,582,252 B2
- Constructible utensils with locking tab2 Dec 2025US 12,484,725 B2EcoTensil Inc.
- Thermoresistant pla knife/fork/spoon and method for preparing same6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224059 A1Taizhou Corn Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
- Cutlery with Integrated Structural Reinforcement18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165517 A1
- Charcuterie Board11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157552 A1
- Injection molded cutlery method14 May 2026US 2026/0130530 A1Dart Container Corporation
- Injection molded cutlery7 May 2026US 2026/0123777 A1Dart Container Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and systems for illuminating household products168US 7,303,300 B2Color Kinetics Incorporated · 2007
- Smart watch and human-to-computer interface for monitoring food consumption85US 9,529,385 B2Medibotics LLC · 2016
- Eating utensil for indicating when food may be eaten therewith and a method for using the utensil83US 4,914,819 A1990
- Expanded implement handle grip67US 5,860,190 A1999
- Smart watch and food-imaging member for monitoring food consumption65US 9,254,099 B2Medibotics LLC · 2016