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Acco Brands Corporation (ACCO)

NYSE: ACCO · Blankbooks, Looseleaf Binders & Bookbindg & Relatd Work · Lake Zurich, IL · filing with the SEC since 2005
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

733 patents granted to the 13 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Acco Brands Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
733
458 utility, 273 design, 2 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
10
Against 18 in 2024 and 12 in 2023
Applications published
343
7 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
13
its own name, a subsidiary, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Computer technology13
Other consumer goods12
Civil engineering10
Surface technology, coating3
Machine tools3
Mechanical elements2
Thermal processes and apparatus1
Chemical engineering1
Audio-visual technology1
Furniture, games1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name13 counted
ACCO BRANDS CORPORATION its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 24 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
399 granted
86 published
ACCO Brands USA LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
105 granted
59 published
General Binding Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
131 granted
22 published
ACCO Brands Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IL)
0 granted
128 published
Isaberg Rapid AB a subsidiary
SE, as the owner printed on each patent
49 granted
15 published
ACCO UK Ltd. a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
23 granted
23 published
Acco World Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
13 granted
0 published
Acco-Rexel Group Services Plc. a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
8 granted
0 published
ACCO UK Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
0 granted
7 published
Acco-Rexel Group Services Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
Isaberg Rapid AB a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in SE
0 granted
2 published
LEITZ ACCO Brands GmbH & Co KG a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
LEITZ ACCO Brands GmbH & Co KG a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (4)
Esselte S.r.l
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in ES, IT, NL, SE. 57 granted and 30 published under it are not counted.
Esselte S.r.l
Most of its patents print BE; this name counts in ES, IT, NL, SE. 52 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
Esselte S.r.l
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in ES, IT, NL, SE. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Esselte Business BV
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in BE. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 2, 2025D1,104,154Video game controllerACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
Nov 11, 202512,466,044Stapling deviceMachine toolsLEITZ ACCO Brands GmbH & Co KG
Oct 7, 2025D1,096,938Pocket with surface indiciaACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
Sep 30, 2025D1,095,673Folder filerACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
Aug 19, 202512,391,030High-speed in-line cold laminating unitSurface technology, coatingACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
Aug 5, 202512,377,676Folder folderOther consumer goodsACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
Jul 22, 202512,365,556Refillable laminating film cartridge system and refill thereofSurface technology, coatingACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
May 27, 202512,313,213Case for a portable electronic deviceMechanical elementsACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
May 6, 202512,290,746Mobile game controller and full feature game controller combination deviceFurniture, gamesACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
Mar 4, 2025D1,065,323Coupling device for attaching stationery to a notebookACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 6, 20252025/0340052HIGH-SPEED IN-LINE COLD LAMINATING UNITSurface technology, coatingACCO Brands Corporation
Oct 16, 20252025/0319390CUSTOMIZABLE GAME CONTROLLERFurniture, gamesACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
Sep 25, 20252025/0297485BOARD WALL MOUNTING KIT AND METHODMachine toolsACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
Sep 18, 20252025/0289002SHREDDING MACHINEChemical engineeringACCO UK Limited
Aug 21, 20252025/0262528MOBILE GAME CONTROLLER AND FULL FEATURE GAME CONTROLLER COMBINATION DEVICEFurniture, gamesACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
Apr 10, 20252025/0114693RETRACTABLE/EXTENDABLE CONTROL STICKComputer technologyACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
Mar 6, 20252025/0075535SECURITY APPARATUS HAVING A REMOVABLE PLUNGERCivil engineeringACCO Brands Corporation
Oct 31, 20242024/0359449HIGH-SPEED IN-LINE COLD LAMINATING UNITSurface technology, coatingACCO Brands Corporation · patent 12,391,030 granted from it
Oct 24, 20242024/0353935KEYBOARDComputer technologyACCO Brands Corporation
Aug 22, 20242024/0282133SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS TO FACILITATE EXTRACTION AND ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION FROM PAPER, AND OTHER PHYSICAL WRITING SURFACESComputer technologyACCO Brands Corporation
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 5 · Furniture, games 3 · Civil engineering 2 · Machine tools 2 · Surface technology, coating 2 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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