Cutting
Official title: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04)
B26D (Cutting) appears on 12,759 US grants and 11,067 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B26D- Granted patents
- 12,759
- Published applications
- 11,067
- Assignees
- 5,524
- Inventors
- 21,784
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 227 | 0 |
| 1977 | 187 | 0 |
| 1978 | 175 | 0 |
| 1979 | 131 | 0 |
| 1980 | 206 | 0 |
| 1981 | 189 | 0 |
| 1982 | 148 | 0 |
| 1983 | 157 | 0 |
| 1984 | 167 | 0 |
| 1985 | 234 | 0 |
| 1986 | 216 | 0 |
| 1987 | 222 | 0 |
| 1988 | 196 | 0 |
| 1989 | 234 | 0 |
| 1990 | 199 | 0 |
| 1991 | 259 | 0 |
| 1992 | 257 | 0 |
| 1993 | 254 | 0 |
| 1994 | 232 | 0 |
| 1995 | 192 | 0 |
| 1996 | 183 | 0 |
| 1997 | 182 | 0 |
| 1998 | 254 | 0 |
| 1999 | 259 | 0 |
| 2000 | 267 | 0 |
| 2001 | 245 | 114 |
| 2002 | 175 | 279 |
| 2003 | 232 | 306 |
| 2004 | 242 | 356 |
| 2005 | 173 | 427 |
| 2006 | 217 | 411 |
| 2007 | 147 | 408 |
| 2008 | 154 | 359 |
| 2009 | 171 | 439 |
| 2010 | 242 | 488 |
| 2011 | 238 | 470 |
| 2012 | 256 | 431 |
| 2013 | 305 | 495 |
| 2014 | 329 | 526 |
| 2015 | 361 | 515 |
| 2016 | 360 | 521 |
| 2017 | 369 | 482 |
| 2018 | 385 | 535 |
| 2019 | 474 | 490 |
| 2020 | 482 | 492 |
| 2021 | 372 | 491 |
| 2022 | 369 | 486 |
| 2023 | 354 | 424 |
| 2024 | 337 | 422 |
| 2025 | 349 | 381 |
| 2026 | 194 | 319 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
- B26D 7/00Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by7,600
- B26D 1/00Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting4,878
- B26D 3/00Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made3,620
- B26D 5/00Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out3,289
- B26D 2210/00Machines or methods used for cutting special materialsIndexing code755
- B26D 9/00Cutting apparatus combined with punching or perforating apparatus or with dissimilar cutting395
- B26D 11/00Combinations of several similar cutting apparatus361
Recent patents
- Cutting tool head6 Oct 2026US 12,752,450 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Cutting mechanism and feeding device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,451 B2Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Foodstuff crafting apparatus, components, assembly, and method for utilizing the same6 Oct 2026US 12,752,452 B2Cricut, Inc.
- Fluid-tight separating closure29 Sep 2026US 12,746,610 B2Sartorius Stedim North America Inc.
- Method for cutting a moving web of material29 Sep 2026US 12,746,701 B2Allstein GmbH
- Electric Power Tool Safety Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307229 A1
- Cutting tool8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307285 A1Rennsteig Werkzeuge GmbH
- Device and method for removing material from a material roll8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307286 A1Core Link AB
- Plate cutting device and method of implementation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307287 A1
- Food processing systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307288 A1Proex Food, LLC
Most cited
- Wire saw1,029US 8,833,219 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc. · 2014
- Surgical methods using one-way suture310US 5,931,855 AFrank Hoffman · 1999
- Method and apparatus for manufacturing a shell-shaped package, and such shell-shaped package279US 5,496,251 AJei Lee Corporation · 1996
- Method and apparatus for controlling the cutting and placement of components on a moving substrate258US 5,235,515 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1993
- Magnetic safety interlock for a food processor utilizing vertically oriented, quadrant coded magnets247US 4,629,131 ACuisinarts, Inc. · 1986