A47J 43/283
Tongs
Official title: {Tongs; Devices for picking, holding or rotating food}
A47J43/283 (Tongs) appears on 206 US grants and 205 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47J- Granted patents
- 206
- Published applications
- 205
- Assignees
- 90
- Inventors
- 416
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tongs15 Sep 2026US 12,734,646 B2Masontops IP Holdings, Inc.
- Interchangeable utensil assembly3 Feb 2026US 12,538,993 B1
- Tong with one-handed locking mechanism2 Sep 2025US 12,402,738 B2
- Food warming container6 May 2025US 12,290,205 B2
- Multi-functional utensil with temperature sensing and digital interactive features1 Apr 2025US 12,262,826 B1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic cooking utensil for setting cooking time with cooking status indicator212US 8,429,827 B12013
- Temperature sensing utensil with detachable head52US 6,412,398 B1Trucook, L.L.C. · 2002
- Locking tongs49US 5,199,756 AEdlund Company, LLC · 1993
- Gravity lockable tongs47US 6,092,847 AMerry Chance Industries, Ltd. · 2000
- Multi-function adjustable grip barbecue tong assembly46US 5,934,721 A1999