D05B 85/00
Needles
Official title: Needles (surgical needles A61B17/06; manufacture of needles B21G1/00)
D05B85/00 (Needles) appears on 162 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D05B- Granted patents
- 162
- Published applications
- 63
- Assignees
- 82
- Inventors
- 236
- Latest grant
- 19 Aug 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 8 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- D05B 85/06Curved needles43
- D05B 85/006Hooked needles21
- D05B 85/02Needles: with slotted eyes , i.e. with a slit leading to the15
- D05B 85/10Hollow needles14
- D05B 85/003Needles: with two tips and an eye in the middle8
- D05B 85/14Latch needles8
- D05B 85/12Coated needles6
- D05B 85/04Spring or bearded needles3
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Recent patents
- Arrangement comprising a visible seam and a lighting apparatus, use thereof, and method for producing the arrangement19 Aug 2025US 12,392,066 B2Inteva Products Europe GmbH
- Sewing machine needle having a recess10 Jun 2025US 12,325,940 B2Groz-Beckert KG
- Sewing and knitting needle10 Jun 2025US 12,325,941 B2
- Systems and methods for manufacturing footwear with felting10 Dec 2024US 12,161,192 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Floral sewing needle assembly3 Dec 2024US 12,157,963 B2
- Open eye knotless thread securing sewing needle2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185278 A1
- Sewing head11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160006 A1Inteva Products, LLC
- Sewing head7 May 2026US 2026/0125837 A1Inteva Products, LLC
- Sewing head20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354311 A1Inteva Products, LLC
- Sewing machine needle having a recess25 Jan 2024US 2024/0026587 A1Groz-Beckert KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Needle for use in the rodless dispensing of plastic fasteners199US 5,588,575 AAvery Dennison Corporation · 1996
- Sewing needle61US 4,327,655 A1982
- Sewing machine needle41US 3,986,468 AUnion Special Corporation · 1976
- Method and device for producing reinforcement elements formed of resistant fibers38US 5,095,833 ASociete Anonyme dite: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle · 1992
- Three-dimensional thick fabrics and methods and apparatus for making same36US 4,506,611 AHitco · 1985