B26F 1/32
Hand-held perforating or punching apparatus
Official title: Hand-held perforating or punching apparatus, e.g. awls
B26F1/32 (Hand-held perforating or punching apparatus) appears on 350 US grants and 363 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B26F- Granted patents
- 350
- Published applications
- 363
- Assignees
- 158
- Inventors
- 624
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 10 |
| 2003 | 9 | 13 |
| 2004 | 10 | 18 |
| 2005 | 12 | 28 |
| 2006 | 8 | 22 |
| 2007 | 7 | 22 |
| 2008 | 7 | 24 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16 |
| 2010 | 11 | 15 |
| 2011 | 7 | 23 |
| 2012 | 6 | 18 |
| 2013 | 12 | 14 |
| 2014 | 7 | 24 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12 |
| 2016 | 8 | 18 |
| 2017 | 8 | 6 |
| 2018 | 12 | 15 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 |
| 2022 | 7 | 11 |
| 2023 | 6 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Punching machine with replaceable punching core19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048523 A1Dongguan Jiaxi Office Machine Co., Ltd.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Disposable aortic perforator127US 4,216,776 AThoratec Laboratories Corporation · 1980
- Hole punch assembly59US 4,713,995 ARolodex Corporation · 1987
- Card dicer apparatus53US 5,303,472 A1994
- Hand-held punch pliers50US 5,022,253 AMass-Tex Company, Ltd. · 1991
- Paper punch with variable spacing48US 4,036,088 ARolodex Corporation · 1977