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Is a cookie cutter patented?

Short answer: specific designs of a cookie cutter have been patented many times, but "a cookie cutter" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.

What our index shows
  • 13 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “cookie cutter” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
  • Among the 13 best keyword matches we examined, 3 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2002.
  • Most frequent assignees in those matches: GEN MILLS INC (2), SHAMOS IRNA L (1), SIGNATURE ART WARE (1), WHITE RHONDA KAY (1).
  • Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A21C (9), B26F (2), Y10T (2), Y10S (1).

Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.

13 real patent publications related to a cookie cutter

  1. Cookie cutter alignment jig US-12628860-B2 2026 · BROWN BOX COOKIE CUTTERS LLC
    A print jig is provided to align a food product to be printed upon by a printer, such as an edible ink printer. The print jig can be a common shape, such as a circle or a square, or be of an irregular shape, such as a spaceship or…
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  2. Rotary dough cutter and method of operation US-12035721-B2 2024 · GEN MILLS INC
    A plurality of dough pieces are produced using a rotary dough cutter including a shaft, a plurality of walls extending radially outward from the shaft and a plurality of interior blades extending radially outward from the shaft. T…
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  3. Cookie cutter apparatus and system US-2023255215-A1 2023 · MICONI JASON
    A cookie cutter apparatus comprising: a horizontal handle, the horizontal handle having a first end, and a second end on an opposite end of the horizontal handle from the first end; a first side member attached to one end of the h…
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  4. Blunt edge dough cutter US-10238119-B2 2019 · GEN MILLS INC
    A dough cutting apparatus is suitable for cutting a sheet of dough. The dough cutting apparatus includes a structure defining a blunt dough engaging portion. The present invention can be embodied in a number of different ways, inc…
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  5. Dough cutters used to create objects to elicit letter sounds for educational learning and speech development. US-2018240360-A1 2018 · SMITH ANDREA G
    An interactive hands-on approach for speech and letter sound production. Sets of dough cutters are designed categorized by sound pattern or phoneme placement and used in teaching children through repetition of words/objects contai…
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  6. Cookie cutter for concurrently cutting a plurality of cookies US-9504259-B2 2016 · WHITE RHONDA KAY
    A device for simultaneous cutting of dough into shapes including upper and lower platform members as well as interior and exterior cutting members. The upper platform member may be actuated to cause the interior cutting members to…
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  7. Cookie cutters with shapes arranged in a two-dimensional repetitive pattern US-2015209974-A1 2015 · SHAMOS IRNA L
    A cookie cutter includes a plurality of walls that are arranged to define a plurality of contiguous shapes which are arranged in a pattern that is symmetrical and that repeats defined by a first axis and a second axis, in which th…
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  8. Dough cutter apparatus and method of use US-8647104-B1 2014 · TILLMAN RON
    The present invention relates to a dough cutter for cutting a plurality of dough products from a dough sheet. The dough products are cut from the dough sheet into a defined geometrical shape and provide for easy pull-apart pastrie…
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  9. Rolling pin for storing cookie cutters US-2008076651-A1 2008 · PROGRESSIVE INT CORP
    The preferred form of the present invention is a rolling pin having a hollow center portion that is sized and configured to receive and store one or more cooking implements such as a plurality of cookie cutters. The cookie cutters…
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  10. Automatic dough cutter for bakery products US-2007065528-A1 2007 · HERNANDEZ SAMUEL A
    Systems and processes may include an automated dough divider for bakery products, such as cookies. The dough divider may include a roller. The roller may include a drum mounted on a shaft such that the drum may rotate on the shaft…
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  11. Cookie cutter and method of making same US-2005076516-A1 2005 · SIGNATURE ART WARE
    A cookie cutter comprising (a) a silhouette formed in a desired shape and carrying a dough cutting shape at a front face; (b) a plaque formed to conform with the shape of the silhouette and positioned at a rear face of said silhou…
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  12. Cookie cutter assembly US-2005132579-A1 2005
    A cookie cutter assembly comprising a plurality of cookie cutter dies that are arranged in a substantially planar relationship to each other is described. Preferably, each cookie cutter die has a peripheral shape that defines a ch…
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  13. Cookie cutter for simultaneously cutting a plurality of cookies US-2002092180-A1 2002
    A cookie cutter having a plurality of walls arranged to define a plurality of shapes, each of the plurality of shapes having substantially the same configuration, is provided. Each of the plurality of shapes shares at least one po…
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What this means for your idea

Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a cookie cutter been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Kitchen gadgets are a crowded, mature field; novelty usually sits in one specific mechanism, the material, or how two familiar functions are combined.

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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.