B26B 3/00
Hand knives with fixed blades
Official title: Hand knives with fixed blades {(handles, attaching the handles B25G)}
B26B3/00 (Hand knives with fixed blades) appears on 486 US grants and 584 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B26B- Granted patents
- 486
- Published applications
- 584
- Assignees
- 246
- Inventors
- 986
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 |
| 2002 | 9 | 16 |
| 2003 | 10 | 12 |
| 2004 | 8 | 14 |
| 2005 | 6 | 22 |
| 2006 | 5 | 34 |
| 2007 | 5 | 26 |
| 2008 | 6 | 18 |
| 2009 | 3 | 24 |
| 2010 | 9 | 21 |
| 2011 | 10 | 13 |
| 2012 | 11 | 17 |
| 2013 | 8 | 21 |
| 2014 | 12 | 18 |
| 2015 | 13 | 34 |
| 2016 | 13 | 25 |
| 2017 | 12 | 31 |
| 2018 | 15 | 33 |
| 2019 | 18 | 29 |
| 2020 | 14 | 36 |
| 2021 | 32 | 28 |
| 2022 | 18 | 20 |
| 2023 | 22 | 30 |
| 2024 | 13 | 22 |
| 2025 | 19 | 20 |
| 2026 | 13 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B26B 3/04Hand knives with fixed blades: for performing several incisions simultaneously84
- B26B 3/08Hand knives with fixed blades: specially adapted for cutting cardboard, or wall80
- B26B 3/06Scout or similar sheath knives68
- B26B 3/02Table-knives40
- B26B 3/03Hand knives with fixed blades: specially adapted for cutting-off slices one by28
Recent patents
- Household knife with finger ring18 Aug 2026US 12,709,031 B2Yangjiang Lici Technology Co., Ltd.
- Knife with removable handle scales28 Jul 2026US 12,691,567 B2Magpul Industries Corp.
- Reusable gift tag with safety cutter16 Jun 2026US 12,654,342 B2
- Model for accommodating meat, and kitchen meat slicer16 Jun 2026US 12,654,349 B2
- Cutting guide for cutting fibrous or thick sheet materials12 May 2026US 12,623,366 B2
- Knife with composite blade steel10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264279 A1Benchmade Knife Co., Inc.
- Meat Slicer10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264282 A1
- Knife and sheath system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257389 A1Scabbard Knives LLC
- Meat Slicer13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231965 A1
- Cutlery with Integrated Structural Reinforcement18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165517 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical cutting device126US 4,622,966 AAbbott Laboratories · 1986
- Fixed-blade knife for rugged service and its manufacture102US 5,528,834 ABuck Knives, Inc. · 1996
- Knife with side guards95US 5,440,814 AUnited Cutlery Corporation · 1995
- Cutting device and method of manufacture86US 4,481,057 AOximetrix, Inc. · 1984
- Fillet knife having a flexible handle85US 4,825,552 AFiskars Inc. · 1989