B25B 27/02

Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects

Official title: for connecting objects by press fit or detaching same {(B25D1/16 takes precedence)}

B25B27/02 (Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects) appears on 2,543 US grants and 1,824 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 2,543
Published applications: 1,824
Assignees: 972
Inventors: 3,730
Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

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B25B 27/02: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	17	0
1977	28	0
1978	29	0
1979	15	0
1980	28	0
1981	32	0
1982	18	0
1983	17	0
1984	31	0
1985	29	0
1986	33	0
1987	57	0
1988	56	0
1989	44	0
1990	56	0
1991	52	0
1992	50	0
1993	54	0
1994	47	0
1995	34	0
1996	33	0
1997	42	0
1998	48	0
1999	48	0
2000	50	0
2001	59	14
2002	58	43
2003	54	50
2004	47	50
2005	42	64
2006	54	56
2007	34	63
2008	35	57
2009	29	60
2010	40	63
2011	51	50
2012	53	61
2013	57	67
2014	57	72
2015	63	66
2016	65	81
2017	80	101
2018	57	104
2019	86	97
2020	82	97
2021	90	95
2022	92	74
2023	86	89
2024	89	96
2025	86	93
2026	49	61

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