Company Analysis

Acme United Corporation (ACU)

NYSE: ACU · Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware · Shelton, CT · filing with the SEC since 1994
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Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

175 patents granted to the 2 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 Acme United Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
175
127 design, 48 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
Against 2 in 2024 and 3 in 2023
Applications published
50
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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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
Machine tools7
Medical technology2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
Acme United Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
175 granted
19 published
Acme United Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
31 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 14, 2025D1,097,744Blade for utility knifeAcme United Corporation
Jun 11, 202412,008,630Cabinet electronic requisition systemMedical technologyAcme United Corporation
Mar 5, 202411,919,180Slide leverage scissorsMachine toolsAcme United Corporation
Aug 8, 202311,717,976Box top openerMachine toolsAcme United Corporation
Jan 17, 202311,554,511Safety knife with slidable gripMachine toolsAcme United Corporation
Jan 10, 202311,547,423Medical tourniquetMedical technologyAcme United Corporation
Oct 18, 2022D966,862Utility knifeAcme United Corporation
Sep 6, 202211,433,563Safety knife with slidable gripMachine toolsAcme United Corporation
Aug 23, 202211,420,346Coating for cutting implementMachine toolsAcme United Corporation
Sep 14, 202111,117,275Low friction pivot assembly for scissorsMachine toolsAcme United Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Jul 27, 20232023/0234249Slide Leverage ScissorsMachine toolsAcme United Corporation · patent 11,919,180 granted from it
Sep 22, 20222022/0297323Box Top OpenerMachine toolsAcme United Corporation · patent 11,717,976 granted from it
Feb 24, 20222022/0055235Coating For Cutting ImplementMachine toolsAcme United Corporation · patent 11,420,346 granted from it
Feb 24, 20222022/0055117Coating For Cutting ImplementSurface technology, coatingAcme United Corporation
Oct 14, 20212021/0316415SANDING TOOL ATTACHMENTMachine toolsAcme United Corporation
Jun 24, 20212021/0192602Cabinet Electronic Requisition SystemMedical technologyAcme United Corporation · patent 12,008,630 granted from it
Jun 10, 20212021/0171272First Aid Cabinet with DispenserHandlingAcme United Corporation
May 27, 20212021/0153873Medical TourniquetMedical technologyAcme United Corporation · patent 11,547,423 granted from it
Feb 25, 20212021/0053243Safety Knife with Slidable GripMachine toolsAcme United Corporation · patent 11,554,511 granted from it
Feb 25, 20212021/0053242Safety Knife with Slidable GripMachine toolsAcme United Corporation · patent 11,433,563 granted from it

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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