B29C 66/861
Hand-held tools
Official title: {Hand-held tools}
B29C66/861 (Hand-held tools) appears on 600 US grants and 392 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 392
- Assignees
- 335
- Inventors
- 1,031
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 3 |
| 2002 | 15 | 13 |
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| 2004 | 10 | 10 |
| 2005 | 11 | 11 |
| 2006 | 13 | 27 |
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| 2020 | 15 | 25 |
| 2021 | 19 | 17 |
| 2022 | 16 | 20 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 |
| 2024 | 14 | 15 |
| 2025 | 7 | 8 |
| 2026 | 6 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fixing of pet panels to allow for recycling11 Aug 2026US 12,704,139 B2Autex Industries Limited
- Welding apparatus9 Jun 2026US 12,649,286 B2Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
- Ultrasonic sonotrodes, method for producing ultrasonic sonotrodes, and method for welding24 Mar 2026US 12,583,053 B2Telsonic Holding AG
- Electrically weldable suture material, and apparatus and method for forming welded suture loops and other welded structures3 Feb 2026US 12,539,114 B2Egan Design LLC
- Device, system and method for tacking layers of material20 Jan 2026US 12,528,257 B2The Boeing Company
- Portable conduction welding apparatus, system, and method for conduction welding of thermoplastic composite parts27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249561 A1The Boeing Company
- Handheld fusion welding system25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175522 A1
- Portable conduction welding apparatus, system, and method for conduction welding of thermoplastic composite parts25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175523 A1The Boeing Company
- Plastic welder18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166822 A1Drader Manufacturing Industries Ltd.
- Sealing systems for use with product bags used in cryogenic freezing and methods of use18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167372 A1Kite Pharma, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Suture fusing and cutting apparatus775US 4,662,068 A1987
- Surgical stapler buttress assembly with adhesion to wet end effector703US 10,517,592 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2019
- Apparatus, method and expedient materials for ultrasonic preparation of human and animal hard or soft tissues and of dental or bone replacement materials as well as object obtained thereby585US 6,139,320 A2000
- Fastener installation method506US 4,093,491 A1978
- Stapling apparatus and method and thermoplastic stables used therewith406US 4,281,785 ADayco Corporation · 1981