B25C 5/16
Staple-feeding devices
Official title: Staple-feeding devices {, e.g. with feeding means, supports for staples or accessories concerning feeding devices}
B25C5/16 (Staple-feeding devices) appears on 660 US grants and 582 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25C- Granted patents
- 660
- Published applications
- 582
- Assignees
- 230
- Inventors
- 881
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 4 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7 |
| 2003 | 20 | 37 |
| 2004 | 20 | 23 |
| 2005 | 31 | 26 |
| 2006 | 17 | 38 |
| 2007 | 16 | 21 |
| 2008 | 13 | 45 |
| 2009 | 16 | 35 |
| 2010 | 19 | 19 |
| 2011 | 17 | 15 |
| 2012 | 18 | 37 |
| 2013 | 16 | 32 |
| 2014 | 15 | 23 |
| 2015 | 13 | 20 |
| 2016 | 13 | 9 |
| 2017 | 27 | 28 |
| 2018 | 12 | 23 |
| 2019 | 18 | 20 |
| 2020 | 21 | 23 |
| 2021 | 20 | 23 |
| 2022 | 18 | 17 |
| 2023 | 13 | 15 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 |
| 2025 | 17 | 20 |
| 2026 | 12 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B25C 5/1606Feeding means169
- B25C 5/1637Supports for the staples being fed148
- B25C 5/1665With means for preventing jamming or aiding unjamming within the drive channel116
- B25C 5/1693Co-ordinating with the feed of a second item72
- B25C 5/1686Using pre-loaded cassettes68
- B25C 5/1696Staple support displaceable relative to the tool to allow re-loading62
- B25C 5/1689With means for indicating the number of staples remaining44
- B25C 5/1679Comprising storing arrangements for a plurality of staple strips42
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Recent patents
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- Powered fastener driver1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295793 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Staple-guiding unit and staple gun having the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295794 A1Pao Shen Enterprises Co., Ltd.
- Driving tool24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284852 A1Makita Corporation
- Powered fastener driver9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192425 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical stapler3,038US 5,129,570 AEthicon, Inc. · 1992
- Surgical stapler cartridge lockout device2,658US 4,892,244 AEthicon, Inc. · 1990
- Surgical stapler2,293US 6,131,789 AEthicon, Inc. · 2000
- Surgical stapler2,245US 5,275,323 AEthicon, Inc. · 1994
- Tissue thickness compensator for a surgical stapler1,798US 8,657,176 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014