B24B 3/60
Sharpening cutting edges: of tools not covered by the preceding subgroups
Official title: of tools not covered by the preceding subgroups
B24B3/60 (Sharpening cutting edges: of tools not covered by the preceding subgroups) appears on 87 US grants and 51 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24B- Granted patents
- 87
- Published applications
- 51
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
- 138
- Latest grant
- 15 Jul 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Medical instrument and method for producing a medical instrument15 Jul 2025US 12,359,270 B2Aesculap AG
- Tool management device and tool management method for determining an accumulated wear amount of a tool22 Oct 2024US 12,122,010 B2Amada Company, Limited
- Nail clipper sharpener27 Aug 2024US 12,070,831 B2
- Spatula edge trimming apparatus8 Nov 2022US 11,491,671 B2
- Sliding scale release for an automatically opening tool22 Feb 2022US 11,254,021 B2
- Tip sharpener7 May 2026US 2026/0124716 A1King Saud University
- Medical instrument and method for producing a medical instrument9 Oct 2025US 2025/0313910 A1
- Axe jig14 Nov 2024US 2024/0375234 A1Tormek AB
- Automatic edge sharpener21 Dec 2023US 2023/0405754 A1Tangshan Yannan Shovel-Making Co.,Ltd
- Blade grinding systems and methods29 Jun 2023US 2023/0201997 A1Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microsurgical cutting instruments712US 8,499,673 B2Mynosys Cellular Devices, Inc. · 2013
- Diamond insert grinding process26US 4,993,505 ASmith International, Inc. · 1991
- Dental instrument sharpening device21US 5,520,574 A1996
- Implement for abrasion17US 4,571,184 AAB Dentatus · 1986
- Power tool adapter17US 5,637,036 ATurner Intellectual Property Limited · 1997