E05B 73/0047
Unlocking tools
Official title: {Unlocking tools; Decouplers}
E05B73/0047 (Unlocking tools) appears on 250 US grants and 254 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 250
- Published applications
- 254
- Assignees
- 73
- Inventors
- 260
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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| 2022 | 12 | 7 |
| 2023 | 5 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 8 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Anti-theft device28 Jul 2026US 12,692,726 B2
- Electronically releasable apparatus16 Jun 2026US 12,655,660 B2Two Ton Technology, LLC
- Magnetic detacher2 Jun 2026US D1,128,617 S1Sensormatic Electronics Corporation · Design
- Slide shoe tag19 May 2026US 12,631,051 B2Industrial Security Solutions, Corp.
- Magnetic detacher10 Feb 2026US D1,112,121 S1Sensormatic Electronics Corporation · Design
- Slide shoe tag8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308941 A1Industrial Security Solutions, Corp.
- Electronically releasable apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275773 A1Two Ton Technology, LLC
- Magnetic Decoupler16 Apr 2026US 2026/0106062 A1Dexter Magnetic Technologies, Inc.
- Security tag assembly9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098428 A1Braeburn Asset Holdings, LLC
- Security tag assembly detacher9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098429 A1Braeburn Asset Holdings, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Combined article surveillance and product identification system380US 5,955,951 ASensormatic Electronics Corporation · 1999
- Wireless transmitter key for EAS tag detacher unit169US 5,942,978 ASensormatic Electronics Corporation · 1999
- Electronic article surveillance security device106US 5,969,613 AAlpha Enterprises, Inc. · 1999
- Security tag having arcuate channel and detacher apparatus for same93US 5,426,419 ASensormatic Electronics Corporation · 1995
- Anti-theft fastening device and tool for releasing same70US 3,974,581 AI. D. Engineering, Inc. · 1976