A61C 3/02
Tooth drilling or cutting instruments
Official title: Tooth drilling or cutting instruments; Instruments acting like a sandblast machine
A61C3/02 (Tooth drilling or cutting instruments) appears on 713 US grants and 796 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 713
- Published applications
- 796
- Assignees
- 361
- Inventors
- 1,268
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 28 | 6 |
| 2002 | 17 | 15 |
| 2003 | 10 | 16 |
| 2004 | 16 | 26 |
| 2005 | 11 | 15 |
| 2006 | 11 | 29 |
| 2007 | 8 | 32 |
| 2008 | 7 | 23 |
| 2009 | 4 | 27 |
| 2010 | 13 | 27 |
| 2011 | 11 | 27 |
| 2012 | 8 | 22 |
| 2013 | 11 | 37 |
| 2014 | 20 | 40 |
| 2015 | 28 | 55 |
| 2016 | 19 | 53 |
| 2017 | 34 | 33 |
| 2018 | 39 | 47 |
| 2019 | 28 | 46 |
| 2020 | 31 | 42 |
| 2021 | 37 | 36 |
| 2022 | 26 | 35 |
| 2023 | 25 | 32 |
| 2024 | 28 | 30 |
| 2025 | 27 | 28 |
| 2026 | 15 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Selecting tool heads for a tooth preparation6 Oct 2026US 12,751,793 B2Exocad GmbH
- Dental extraction kit, assembly and process for removing an embedded root of any broken tooth, crown or molar6 Oct 2026US 12,751,794 B1Richard M. Golden Family LLC
- Zirconia mill blank for dental cutting and machining and preparing method thereof22 Sep 2026US 12,740,847 B2Shofu Inc.
- System, device and methods for dental digital impressions8 Sep 2026US 12,727,966 B2Luminx Il Ltd
- Access guide and drill kit to be used with same for endodontic access cavity preparation and method of use25 Aug 2026US 12,714,538 B2
- Dental air-abrasion handle capable of illumination8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306214 A1Guilin Woodpecker Medical Instrument Co., Ltd.
- Dental micro-abrasive delivery device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224328 A1
- Drill tool for lifting sinus30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215894 A1Megagen Implant Co., Ltd.
- Dental Drill16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199054 A1Platinum Point LLC
- Bone level guided drills16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199055 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus, method and expedient materials for ultrasonic preparation of human and animal hard or soft tissues and of dental or bone replacement materials as well as object obtained thereby585US 6,139,320 A2000
- Method and apparatus for locating an ideal site for a dental implant and for the precise surgical placement of that implant417US 5,320,529 A1994
- Security device comprising a stop member for drilling instrument used in particular in dental surgery and device pre-calibrating and storing drilling depth355US 6,739,872 B1Arsline S.A. · 2004
- Surgical instrument278US 5,205,817 ASumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. · 1993
- Single multi-function handpiece for dental instruments237US 4,820,152 ADentsply Research & Development Corp. · 1989