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Is a measuring cup patented?
Short answer: specific designs of a measuring cup have been patented many times, but "a measuring cup" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.
What our index shows
- 66 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “measuring cupspoonjug” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
- Among the 55 best keyword matches we examined, 16 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2000.
- Most frequent assignees in those matches: PROGRESSIVE INT CORP (4), PROCTER & GAMBLE (3), URBAN TREND LLC (2), DART IND INC (2).
- Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): G01F (45), B65D (16), A47J (4), A47G (3).
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 measuring cup
- Adjustable Measuring Cup US-2025164303-A1 2025 · PROGRESSIVE INT CORP
An adjustable measuring cup includes a piston having an upper end terminating in a platform and is surrounded by a sleeve for movement of the piston with respect to the sleeve along a central axis to create a plurality of selectab…
View on Google Patents - Planter Water, Oxygen And Fertilizer Measuring Cup And Soil Penetrating Tube Apparatus US-2019239458-A1 2019 · WOW PRODUCT SALES LLC
A planter water, oxygen and fertilizer measuring cup and soil penetrating tube apparatus is disclosed. The planter tube apparatus includes an upper reservoir and an angled lower dispensing tube. The upper reservoir includes a base…
View on Google Patents - Measuring cup US-9228874-B2 2016 · PROGRESSIVE INT CORP
A measuring cup includes a floor and sidewalls to define an internal volume. The floor is inclined to enable increasing volumes from a lowest point on the floor to the highest point on the floor. A first set of volumetric markings…
View on Google Patents - System for decorative space-saving measuring cups US-8978466-B2 2015 · MOHAMMAD NAVEED
A system for decorative space-saving measuring cups is a set of modified nesting doll that can be used to measure sequential volumetric quantities. Each of the nesting dolls can split apart into a first measuring cup and a second …
View on Google Patents - Measuring cup assembly US-9003879-B1 2015 · UNION STREET BRAND PACKAGING LLC
A measuring cup assembly with a light-pervious cup, a film at least partially disposed on the cup, the film defining a light-impervious region and a light-pervious region, the cup at least partly viewable through the light-perviou…
View on Google Patents - Measuring Cup for Watering Potted Plant US-2014326068-A1 2014 · LEE PO-JEN
A measuring cup for watering a potted plant contains a watering scale formed thereon and a comparison table arranged thereon, wherein the comparison table has a size scale and indicated words shown thereon, wherein the indicated w…
View on Google Patents - Measuring cup US-8601870-B2 2013 · COGAN JACK
A preferred embodiment of the present invention is an improved measuring cup comprising a straight transfer edge for facilitating transfer of dry materials from a flat surface into the cup as well as a rounded segment and spout fo…
View on Google Patents - Measuring cup structure US-2011079613-A1 2011 · CHIH CHANG TSUNG
A measuring cup structure comprises a drawing pipe set including a drawing tube having a lid to connect with a container, and including a seat having a hollowly conical mouth to communicate with the drawing tube; a measuring assem…
View on Google Patents - Adjustable measuring cup US-2009056440-A1 2009 · VENDL LYNN
Adjustable measuring cups include a housing having a peripheral wall having an open upper end, an outer surface, an inner surface, and a bottom surface. The adjustable measuring cups also include a platform slidably movable within…
View on Google Patents - Measuring cup with volume markings visible while pouring US-7306120-B2 2007 · RUBBERMAID INC
An improved measuring cup is disclosed with volumetric indicia disposed on the inside of the cup that are viewable from above the cup, while the cup is disposed on a horizontal countertop or work surface. The horizontally upward f…
View on Google Patents - Measuring cups US-2007068250-A1 2007 · KRENT ADAM
A measuring cup for allowing a user to determine the volume and/or level of contents within the measuring cup by looking from above. The measuring cup including a bottom wall, a generally circularly shaped upstanding encircling si…
View on Google Patents - Measuring cup and cap for liquid dispensing package US-6848484-B1 2005 · PLASTIPAK PACKAGING INC
A measuring cup adapted to serve as a closure for a package for liquids and a package for liquids including a container, a transition collar and a measuring cup adapted to serve as a closure. The measuring cup has a closed base an…
View on Google Patents - Measuring cup with reversed indicia US-6769302-B1 2004 · WKI HOLDING CO INC
A vessel includes a wall structure formed of light-transmitting material and having inner and outer surfaces and defining a cavity with an open upper end for receiving contents having a measurable volume, and a indicia disposed on…
View on Google Patents - Measuring cup US-6263732-B1 2001 · BANG ZOOM DESIGN
A measuring cup has at least one ramp formed in relief radially inwardly on the inside surface of the measuring cup sidewall. At least one ramp rises from about the bottom edge of the sidewall to about the top edge of the sidewall…
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What this means for your idea
Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a measuring cup 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.