D04B 3/02
Needles
D04B3/02 (Needles) appears on 72 US grants and 58 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 72
- Published applications
- 58
- Assignees
- 24
- Inventors
- 97
- Latest grant
- 16 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 7 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Multi-member knitting needles and methods for making the same16 Dec 2025US 12,497,719 B2Westing Bridge LLC
- Sewing and knitting needle10 Jun 2025US 12,325,941 B2
- Knitting needle in particular for producing knitwear with cable patterns, and method for producing the knitting needle22 Apr 2025US 12,281,420 B2William Prym GmbH & Co. KG
- Swivel connector assembly12 Nov 2024US 12,139,829 B2Westing Bridge LLC
- Knitting needle26 Dec 2023US 11,851,790 B2Groz-Beckert KG
- Multi-member knitting needles and methods for making the same3 Oct 2024US 2024/0328044 A1Westing Bridge LLC
- Multifunctional marlin spike28 Dec 2023US 2023/0416955 A1Hangzhou Guairen Culture Creative Co. LTD
- Sewing and knitting needle12 Oct 2023US 2023/0323580 A1
- Knitting tool14 Sep 2023US 2023/0287609 A1
- Crochet anti-slip structure17 Aug 2023US 2023/0257918 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Knitting needle with a flexible cord31US 5,720,187 AClover Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 1998
- Knitting needle with a flexible cord27US 4,646,543 AClover Mgf. Co., Ltd. · 1987
- Knitting needles with a flexible cord26US 4,553,410 AClover Mfg. Co., Ltd. · 1985
- Elastic circular knitting needle26US 6,983,627 B12006
- Decorative article forming support24US 4,045,061 A1977