B25
Hand tools
Official title: Hand tools; portable power-driven tools; manipulators
B25 (Hand tools) appears on 78,782 US grants and 79,379 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25- Granted patents
- 78,782
- Published applications
- 79,379
- Assignees
- 18,220
- Inventors
- 112,768
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 419 | 0 |
| 1977 | 473 | 0 |
| 1978 | 498 | 0 |
| 1979 | 340 | 0 |
| 1980 | 466 | 0 |
| 1981 | 554 | 0 |
| 1982 | 401 | 0 |
| 1983 | 411 | 0 |
| 1984 | 551 | 0 |
| 1985 | 697 | 0 |
| 1986 | 781 | 0 |
| 1987 | 954 | 0 |
| 1988 | 856 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1016 | 0 |
| 1990 | 924 | 0 |
| 1991 | 952 | 0 |
| 1992 | 878 | 0 |
| 1993 | 860 | 0 |
| 1994 | 894 | 0 |
| 1995 | 836 | 0 |
| 1996 | 918 | 0 |
| 1997 | 882 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1136 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1234 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1385 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1355 | 369 |
| 2002 | 1234 | 1085 |
| 2003 | 1215 | 1412 |
| 2004 | 1158 | 1760 |
| 2005 | 1130 | 1915 |
| 2006 | 1421 | 1911 |
| 2007 | 1165 | 1741 |
| 2008 | 964 | 1921 |
| 2009 | 805 | 1928 |
| 2010 | 1121 | 1983 |
| 2011 | 1234 | 2020 |
| 2012 | 1419 | 2070 |
| 2013 | 1742 | 2383 |
| 2014 | 1827 | 2653 |
| 2015 | 2186 | 2949 |
| 2016 | 2293 | 3145 |
| 2017 | 2646 | 3601 |
| 2018 | 2685 | 4199 |
| 2019 | 3352 | 4732 |
| 2020 | 3803 | 5122 |
| 2021 | 3705 | 5377 |
| 2022 | 4083 | 5243 |
| 2023 | 4236 | 5196 |
| 2024 | 4590 | 5476 |
| 2025 | 4702 | 5044 |
| 2026 | 3395 | 4144 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subclasses
Granted patents
- B25JManipulators32,973
- B25BTools or bench devices not otherwise provided for, for fastening, connecting, disengaging25,159
- B25FCombination or multi-purpose tools not otherwise provided for7,607
- B25HWorkshop equipment6,834
- B25GHandles for hand implements4,735
- B25CHand-held nailing or stapling tools4,491
- B25DPercussive tools3,785
Recent patents
- Impactor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,755 B2Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- System and methods for positioning a manipulator arm by clutching within a null-perpendicular space concurrent with null-space movement6 Oct 2026US 12,751,779 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Tool driver with reaction torque sensor for use in robotic surgery6 Oct 2026US 12,751,780 B2Auris Health, Inc.
- Two-tool anatomy stabilization6 Oct 2026US 12,751,781 B2LEM Surgical AG
- Bilateral surgical robotic system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,782 B2LEM Surgical AG
- Customizable garden tool8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305509 A1
- Automated cooking system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305870 A1
- Device for automatically inserting and manipulating a medical tool into and within a bodily lumen8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305918 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Robotic manipulation of a surgical tool handle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305919 A1Microbot Medical Ltd.
- Inverse kinematics of a surgical robot for teleoperation with hardware constraints8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306201 A1Auris Health, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulated surgical instrument for performing minimally invasive surgery with enhanced dexterity and sensitivity3,169US 5,792,135 AIntuitive Surgical, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical stapler3,038US 5,129,570 AEthicon, Inc. · 1992
- Robotically-controlled cable-based surgical end effectors2,844US 8,800,838 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Surgical stapler cartridge lockout device2,658US 4,892,244 AEthicon, Inc. · 1990
- Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures2,567US 5,855,583 AComputer Motion, Inc. · 1999