B26B 1/00
Hand knives with adjustable blade
Official title: Hand knives with adjustable blade; Pocket knives (B26B11/00 takes precedence)
B26B1/00 (Hand knives with adjustable blade) appears on 979 US grants and 939 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B26B- Granted patents
- 979
- Published applications
- 939
- Assignees
- 321
- Inventors
- 1,083
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 7 |
| 2002 | 24 | 10 |
| 2003 | 13 | 27 |
| 2004 | 26 | 35 |
| 2005 | 14 | 32 |
| 2006 | 33 | 36 |
| 2007 | 20 | 39 |
| 2008 | 22 | 32 |
| 2009 | 21 | 45 |
| 2010 | 23 | 23 |
| 2011 | 22 | 17 |
| 2012 | 15 | 44 |
| 2013 | 27 | 42 |
| 2014 | 26 | 46 |
| 2015 | 37 | 38 |
| 2016 | 32 | 41 |
| 2017 | 31 | 38 |
| 2018 | 30 | 39 |
| 2019 | 43 | 57 |
| 2020 | 38 | 45 |
| 2021 | 43 | 47 |
| 2022 | 49 | 49 |
| 2023 | 42 | 32 |
| 2024 | 27 | 38 |
| 2025 | 42 | 44 |
| 2026 | 22 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Multi-functional knife22 Sep 2026US 12,741,389 B2Ningbo Xingwei Cutting-Tools Technology Co., Ltd.
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- Folding knife with locking mechanism4 Aug 2026US 12,697,742 B2
- Knife with push button articulated spring7 Jul 2026US 12,673,437 B2
- Retractable utility knife24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284912 A1Slice Safety Cutter, Inc.
- Folding knife17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273782 A1
- Handle Holder of Blade Tool17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273783 A1
- Folding Knife with a Safety Lock10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264277 A1N.U.M.B. Knifeworks
- Folding knife10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264278 A1Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents