B26B 13/16
Spring loaded
Official title: spring loaded, e.g. with provision for locking the blades or the handles
B26B13/16 (Spring loaded) appears on 85 US grants and 83 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B26B- Granted patents
- 85
- Published applications
- 83
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 163
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 4 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of making a pivoted tool having integral pivot member150US 5,461,765 AFiskars Inc. · 1995
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- Pivoted hand-held cutting tool74US 5,426,857 AFiskars Inc. · 1995
- Snips having button locking mechanism56US 4,947,553 AFiskars Inc. · 1990
- Lopper52US 5,570,510 AFiskars Inc. · 1996