D05B 55/00
Needle holders
Official title: Needle holders; Needle bars (needles D05B85/00)
D05B55/00 (Needle holders) appears on 196 US grants and 113 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D05B- Granted patents
- 196
- Published applications
- 113
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 299
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 10 |
| 2005 | 8 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 10 |
| 2008 | 7 | 6 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 |
| 2012 | 6 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 13 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Machine for sewing, embroidery or quilting7 Jul 2026US 12,674,258 B2BERNINA International AG
- Sewing machine vibration dampener30 Jun 2026US 12,668,905 B2Gracewood Management, Inc.
- Sewing system, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and sewing machine21 Apr 2026US 12,606,945 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sewing apparatus24 Feb 2026US 12,559,874 B2Spin Master Ltd.
- Sewing machine3 Feb 2026US 12,540,429 B2Juki Corporation
- Sewing head7 May 2026US 2026/0125837 A1Inteva Products, LLC
- Sewing machine25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389069 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Machine for sewing, embroidery or quilting13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347043 A1BERNINA International AG
- Sewing machine vibration dampener12 Jun 2025US 2025/0188659 A1Gracewood Management, Inc.
- Sewing system, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and sewing machine3 Oct 2024US 2024/0328050 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sewing device for use in multi-needle sewing machine50US 4,667,611 AMorimoto Mfg. Co., Ltd. · 1987
- Needle bar detachable drive and stroke adjusting mechanism20US 4,569,297 APfaff Industriemaschinen GmbH · 1986
- Stitching head including needle guide for producing a reinforcement in a composite component20US 5,515,798 AAerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle · 1996
- Chain stitch multi-needle quilting machine and method to create a pattern in a quilting material19US 6,895,878 B2Nahmaschinenfabrik Emil Stutznacker GmbH & Co. KG · 2005
- Apparatus for making a three needle stitch with cover thread17US 5,383,414 AUnion Special Corporation · 1995