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Is a ice cream scoop patented?

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

What our index shows

102 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “ice cream scoop” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
Among the 101 best keyword matches we examined, 26 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2000.
Most frequent assignees in those matches: HORNG RUEY-LAN (3), LASCHET PAOLO (2), MAZZILLI JOSEPH C (2), ROSADO JAMES (2).
Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): E01H (36), A47J (35), A01K (24), A23G (10).

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.

14 real patent publications related to a ice cream scoop

Ice cream scoop having a heat transfer fluid with high specific heat and a fluid stirring device US-11957276-B2 2024 · CHIU HAO HOWARD
An ice cream scoop having a heat transfer fluid with a high specific heat and a fluid stirring device, having: at least one scoop body, which includes a scoop portion with high thermal conductivity and a handle portion that is con…
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Heated ice cream scoop kit WO-2019202441-A1 2019 · MENOTTI FRANCESCO
Heated ice cream scoop kit The heated ice cream scoop kit, comprising a scoop (10) and a support (20); said scoop (10), having a tub (11) equipped with a heating elements system (14) suitable to heat the edge (13) thereof; said he…
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Ice cream scoop US-8790107-B2 2014 · LEE TUNG-HSIEN
An ice cream scoop includes a handle, a scooper coupled to an end of the handle, a scraper installed in the scooper, a link rod extended from an end of the scraper into the end of the handle, and a transmission device installed on…
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Ice cream scoops and methods of manufacturing US-8814554-B2 2014 · VOLLRATH CO
An ice cream scoop includes a head configured to scoop frozen food product, a handle extending from the head to an end, the handle including an internal cavity with the end open to the internal cavity, a heat transfer fluid contai…
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Quick heat ice cream scoop US-8591214-B2 2013 · MOORE WILLIAM
The quick heat ice cream scoop is an improved heat ice cream scoop that includes a ceramic heating element and an ergonomic grip. The ceramic heating element is built into the ice cream scoop and quickly heats up the ice cream sco…
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Method and Apparatus For An Ice Cream Scooper US-2011318462-A1 2011 · UIBEL JEFFREY R
A method and apparatus for an ice cream scooper. The apparatus includes at least four tines. The four tines are mechanically coupled to a retractable handle, and the retractable handle has a first position and a second position. T…
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Ice cream scoop US-2011268831-A1 2011 · INTERCONTINENTAL MARKETING SERVICES FAR EAST CO LTD
An ice cream scoop includes a handle, a scooper coupled to an end of the handle, a scraper installed in the scooper, a link rod extended from an end of the scraper into the end of the handle, and a transmission device installed on…
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Automatic ice cream scooper US-7503252-B2 2009 · RICHMAN DEBRA S
An automatic ice cream scooper. A cylinder of ice cream is placed vertically within a refrigerated container on a slicer having a disc shape. The slicer includes an angled slicing blade for removing ice cream. The slicer is rotate…
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Heatable ice cream scooping implement US-7427194-B1 2008 · LOPEZ RENAE A
An ice cream scooping implement includes an elongated handle that has an axial bore extending from a handle distal end and terminates approximately midway therealong. The handle has an end cap removably mated to a proximal end the…
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Forced hot air ice cream scoop US-7261537-B2 2007 · MITZ HOWARD S
A forced hot air ice cream scoop and heater for facilitating the removal of ice cream from its container having a handle portion having a first end and a distal end, an inlet and an outlet at the first end of the handle portion, a…
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Scooper having ice cream removing device US-6945766-B1 2005 · CHANG SHU CHEN
An ice cream scooper includes a shank having a handle on one end and a scooper member on the other end, and a flexible panel attached to the scooper member and engageable with an ice cream ball scooped and received in the scooper …
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Ice cream scooper, motordriven US-6840754-B2 2005
This invention is a hand held motor driven scooper intended to facilitate handling of frozen ice cream and at the same time form attractive spheres of same. The device is equipped with a half circle shaped arc at the end of a tube…
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Heat transfer ice cream scoop US-6846171-B2 2005 · HERBERT WILLIAM J
An ice cream scoop that optimizes the total heat capacity of the scoop by increasing the mass of the ice cream scoop and/or increasing the amount of liquid the ice cream scoop can hold there by creating a highly efficient ice crea…
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Apparatus for a reusable, heated ice cream scoop containing supercoolable salt solution US-6416309-B1 2002
Methods and apparatus are provided for serving ice cream with a chemically-heated ice cream scoop. The scoop comprises a bowl and a handle with an interior cavity filled with a nontoxic, supercoolable salt solution. The salt solut…
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What this means for your idea

Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a ice cream scoop been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Scoops have been patented for heating, self-releasing, and portioning features; each is a separate line of prior art.

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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.