B26B 11/003
Hand knives combined with other implements: having folding handles
Official title: {having folding handles}
B26B11/003 (Hand knives combined with other implements: having folding handles) appears on 47 US grants and 33 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B26B- Granted patents
- 47
- Published applications
- 33
- Assignees
- 14
- Inventors
- 59
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
Filings by year
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| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for locking rotatable tools24 Feb 2026US 12,558,806 B1
- Knife with replaceable blade9 Jul 2024US 12,030,204 B1Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
- Cutting tool10 May 2022US 11,325,269 B2Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
- Scissors and pliers combination tool1 Sep 2020US 10,759,068 B2Binovo Manufacturing Co., Ltd
- Multi-function tool23 Apr 2019US 10,265,841 B2Fiskars Brands, Inc.
- Knife with replaceable blade8 Aug 2024US 2024/0261989 A1Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
- Multifunctional Tool16 Nov 2023US 2023/0364813 A1Binovo Manufacturing Co., Ltd
- Cutting tool29 Jul 2021US 2021/0229299 A1Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
- Cutting Apparatus with Folding Arrangement7 Nov 2019US 2019/0337169 A1Artisancutlery Inc.
- Multifunctional plier27 Sep 2018US 2018/0272515 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multifunction tool189US 5,062,173 A1991
- Pocket tool with retractable jaws172US 5,142,721 AFiskars Inc. · 1992
- Pocket tool with retractable jaws152US 5,212,844 AFiskars Inc. · 1993
- Folding multi-tool105US 5,697,114 ABear MGC Cutlery Co., Inc. · 1997
- Multi-purpose tool including folding scissors104US 5,745,997 ALeatherman Tool Group, Inc. · 1998