A47J 43/281
Cooking spoons
Official title: {Cooking spoons; Ladles (table spoons A47G21/02, A47G21/04)}
A47J43/281 (Cooking spoons) appears on 57 US grants and 71 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47J- Granted patents
- 57
- Published applications
- 71
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 135
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Cooking utensil with integrated seasoning dispenser17 Mar 2026US 12,575,701 B2
- Ergonomic serving utensil with tilting receptacle21 Jan 2025US 12,201,245 B2
- Resilient scoop19 Nov 2024US 12,144,466 B2Helen of Troy Limited
- Cooking utensil with double folding26 Sep 2023US 11,766,143 B2
- Cooking utensil with seasoning grinder integrated into the handle29 Aug 2023US 11,737,607 B2
- Portable Cooking and Warming Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305871 A1
- Cooking Utensil Assembly27 Jun 2024US 2024/0206684 A1
- Food portion control and temperature sensing scoop1 Feb 2024US 2024/0032735 A1
- Cooking utensil with integrated seasoning dispenser30 Nov 2023US 2023/0380635 A1
- Ergonomic serving utensil with tilting receptacle9 Nov 2023US 2023/0355041 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Attachable and removable handle for food serving utensils44US 6,115,921 ASafe Food Systems, Inc. · 2000
- Dispensing utensil39US 8,091,242 B2Sands Innovations Pty Ltd · 2012
- Automatic food dispensing method, apparatus and utensil31US 4,957,226 AWells Manufacturing Corporation · 1990
- Spoon consisting of a bowl and an extendable handle30US 5,735,050 A1998
- Kitchen utensil, in particular a stirrer28US 5,947,595 ARösle Metallwarenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG · 1999