B23D 29/00
Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices
Official title: Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices (with nibbling action B23D27/02; hand-operated devices for metal-cutting otherwise than by shearing B26B)
B23D29/00 (Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices) appears on 454 US grants and 436 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23D- Granted patents
- 454
- Published applications
- 436
- Assignees
- 219
- Inventors
- 735
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 9 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10 |
| 2004 | 9 | 14 |
| 2005 | 8 | 17 |
| 2006 | 15 | 16 |
| 2007 | 6 | 9 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13 |
| 2009 | 7 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 | 19 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12 |
| 2012 | 8 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12 |
| 2014 | 10 | 15 |
| 2015 | 9 | 15 |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 |
| 2017 | 10 | 24 |
| 2018 | 11 | 30 |
| 2019 | 15 | 24 |
| 2020 | 18 | 35 |
| 2021 | 23 | 24 |
| 2022 | 18 | 25 |
| 2023 | 25 | 20 |
| 2024 | 17 | 30 |
| 2025 | 24 | 25 |
| 2026 | 15 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B23D 29/02Hand-operated metal-shearing devices209
- B23D 29/002Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices: for cutting wire or the like145
- B23D 29/005Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices: for cutting sheets42
- B23D 29/007Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices: for splitting nuts29
Recent patents
- Cutting tool head6 Oct 2026US 12,752,450 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Power tool accessory system with brace1 Sep 2026US 12,722,268 B2Black & Decker Inc.
- Cutting device25 Aug 2026US 12,715,150 B2Max Co., Ltd.
- Battery powered metal snips28 Jul 2026US 12,691,510 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- In situ rod cutters16 Jun 2026US 12,653,593 B2Kabushiki Kaisha SG
- In situ rod cutters24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283669 A1Kabushiki Kaisha SG
- Pyrotechnic rescue tool (pyrotechnic cutter)24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284760 A1
- Sensing arrangments for a power tool3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257333 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Bolt cutter with flat stabilizer20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241470 A1Apex Brands, Inc.
- Aircraft mobility lift apparatus and method23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108400 A1Kruckeberg Industries, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hand-held, cartridge-actuated cutter1,024US 6,754,959 B12004
- Hydraulic apparatus70US 6,230,542 B1Gustav Klauke GmbH · 2001
- Power tool62US 5,868,208 A1999
- Hydraulically controlled self-contained multifunctional tool such as shears/separator57US 5,272,811 AHydr'am · 1993
- Wire cutter, particularly for cutting electrical connection wires54US 4,051,596 AU. S. Philips Corporation · 1977