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Bela Elek — 25 Patents

EDEdgecraft: 25 patents #3 of 34Top 9%
EKEd. Wusthof Dreizackwerk Kg: 1 patents #4 of 9Top 45%
Wilmington, DE: #155 of 3,182 inventorsTop 5%
Delaware: #290 of 7,163 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Bela Elek has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Edgecraft. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in November 2023. Bela Elek ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Bela Elek in Wilmington, DE, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11826869 Knife and tool sharpener Bill Hessler, George C. Jensen 2023-11-28
11478890 Assembly for sharpening and observing wear on a blade William Kirk Hessler, George C. Jensen, Lee Clark, Rick Stapleford, Zach Siskind 2022-10-25
D863914 Sharpener Mike Endres, Tom Huber, George C. Jensen, Sam Weiner 2019-10-22
D803648 Two stage electric sharpener Samuel Weiner 2017-11-28
9656372 Sharpener for thick knives Samuel Weiner, Daniel D. Friel, Jr. 2017-05-23
9649749 Manual sharpener Samuel Weiner, Daniel D. Friel, Jr. 2017-05-16
D769665 Kettle Daniel D. Friel, Jr., Samuel Weiner, Thomas M. Huber 2016-10-25
9333613 Sharpener for knives with widely different edge angles Daniel D. Friel, Sr. 2016-05-10
9242331 Electric sharpener for ceramic and metal blades George C. Jensen, Daniel D. Friel, Jr., Samuel Weiner 2016-01-26
9168627 Knife sharpener for asian and european/american knives Daniel D. Friel, Sr. 2015-10-27
D721937 Electric knife sharpener George C. Jensen, Daniel D. Friel, Jr., Samuel Weiner 2015-02-03
D718085 Food slicer Daniel D. Friel, Jr., Samuel Weiner 2014-11-25
D699534 Knife sharpener Daniel D. Friel, Sr., Abraham Leibson 2014-02-18
D680399 Three stage knife sharpener Bjoern Berger, Daniel D. Friel, Sr. 2013-04-23
D652284 Three stage manual knife sharpener Daniel D. Friel, Sr. 2012-01-17
D651887 Two stage manual knife sharpener Daniel D. Friel, Sr. 2012-01-10
8043143 Sharpeners to create cross-grind knife edges Daniel D. Friel, Sr., Daniel D. Friel, Jr. 2011-10-25
D629273 Manual knife sharpener Daniel D. Friel, Sr. 2010-12-21
D620332 Cross-grind sharpener Daniel D. Friel, Sr. 2010-07-27
7686676 Precision sharpener for hunting and Asian knives Daniel D. Friel, Sr. 2010-03-30
D599161 Electronic Kettle Daniel D. Friel, Sr., Daniel D. Friel, Jr., James Fitzgerald, Abraham Leibson, Brian Brant 2009-09-01
D587551 Manual sharpener Daniel D. Friel, Sr., Abraham Leibson, Daniel D. Friel, Jr. 2009-03-03
7488241 Precision control of sharpening angles Daniel D. Friel, Sr. 2009-02-10
D567611 Electric knife sharpener having a brushed texture housing Daniel D. Friel, Jr., Abraham Leibson 2008-04-29
D542616 Electric knife sharpener Robert P. Bigliano, Daniel D. Friel, Sr. 2007-05-15