B25B 27/00
Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects
Official title: Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects whether or not involving some deformation, not otherwise provided for (machines for simply fitting together or separating metal parts or objects B23P19/00)
B25B27/00 (Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects) appears on 5,692 US grants and 3,957 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25B- Granted patents
- 5,692
- Published applications
- 3,957
- Assignees
- 1,991
- Inventors
- 8,435
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 61 | 0 |
| 1977 | 69 | 0 |
| 1978 | 69 | 0 |
| 1979 | 43 | 0 |
| 1980 | 74 | 0 |
| 1981 | 84 | 0 |
| 1982 | 40 | 0 |
| 1983 | 38 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 126 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 130 | 0 |
| 2000 | 134 | 0 |
| 2001 | 129 | 27 |
| 2002 | 129 | 81 |
| 2003 | 128 | 114 |
| 2004 | 99 | 132 |
| 2005 | 117 | 144 |
| 2006 | 133 | 129 |
| 2007 | 78 | 111 |
| 2008 | 65 | 114 |
| 2009 | 58 | 122 |
| 2010 | 77 | 128 |
| 2011 | 89 | 132 |
| 2012 | 103 | 136 |
| 2013 | 130 | 145 |
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| 2018 | 131 | 212 |
| 2019 | 165 | 215 |
| 2020 | 165 | 194 |
| 2021 | 177 | 219 |
| 2022 | 199 | 194 |
| 2023 | 176 | 193 |
| 2024 | 182 | 196 |
| 2025 | 157 | 189 |
| 2026 | 111 | 130 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B25B 27/02Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects2,543
- B25B 27/14Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects2,161
- B25B 27/0035Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects779
- B25B 27/0028Tools for removing or installing seals331
- B25B 27/0007Tools for fixing internally screw-threaded tubular fasteners209
- B25B 27/0071Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects142
- B25B 27/0092Tools moving along strips125
- B25B 27/0085Explosive-powered27
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