Company Analysis

Lifetime Brands, Inc. (LCUT)

Nasdaq: LCUT · Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware · Garden City, NY · filing with the SEC since 1996
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Patents

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

419 patents granted to the 5 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 Lifetime Brands, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
419
322 design, 97 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
26
Against 1 in 2024 and 16 in 2023
Applications published
126
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
a subsidiary, its own name, 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
IT methods for management4
Chemical engineering1
Handling1
Machine tools1
Furniture, games1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
CHEF'N CORPORATION a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
196 granted
39 published
Lifetime Brands, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
158 granted
29 published
Lifetime Hoan Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
65 granted
8 published
Lifetime Brands, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
39 published
Chef'n Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
11 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,545Bag clipLifetime Brands, Inc.
Dec 23, 2025D1,106,759Coffee mugLifetime Brands, Inc.
Dec 16, 2025D1,106,324BookmarkLifetime Brands, Inc.
Dec 16, 2025D1,106,323BookmarkLifetime Brands, Inc.
Dec 9, 2025D1,105,629Oven mittLifetime Brands, Inc.
Dec 9, 2025D1,104,749Wine stopperLifetime Brands, Inc.
Nov 11, 2025D1,101,568Hydration bottleLifetime Brands, Inc.
Nov 11, 2025D1,101,511Travel podLifetime Brands, Inc.
Nov 11, 2025D1,101,510Travel podLifetime Brands, Inc.
Nov 11, 2025D1,101,485Drink markerLifetime Brands, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 2, 20252025/0302211BANANA STANDFurniture, gamesLifetime Brands, Inc.
Apr 3, 20252025/0107665GARLIC/FOOD GRINDERFurniture, gamesLifetime Brands, Inc.
Dec 26, 20242024/0428193METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE QUALITY MANAGEMENT INSPECTIONSIT methods for managementLifetime Brands, Inc. · patent 12,198,101 granted from it
Dec 26, 20242024/0428192METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE QUALITY MANAGEMENT INSPECTIONSIT methods for managementLifetime Brands, Inc.
Nov 7, 20242024/0366289LEAKPROOF STRAW LIDMedical technologyLifetime Brands, Inc.
Aug 15, 20242024/0269877APPLE SLICERMachine toolsLifetime Brands, Inc.
Aug 15, 20242024/0268593COLANDER WITH ROTATING HANDLEFurniture, gamesLifetime Brands, Inc.
Aug 15, 20242024/0268585BUTTER DISH WITH INTEGRATED SLICERFurniture, gamesLifetime Brands, Inc.
Feb 22, 20242024/0064223PHONE ACCESSORYTelecommunicationsLifetime Brands, Inc.
Nov 2, 20232023/0347541FOOD CHOPPERMachine toolsLifetime Brands, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Furniture, games 4 · IT methods for management 2 · Telecommunications 1 · Machine tools 1 · Medical technology 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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