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Is a oven mitt patented?

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

What our index shows
  • 34 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “oven mittglove” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
  • Among the 10 best keyword matches we examined, 3 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2001.
  • Most frequent assignees in those matches: AVERYHART JAHMAL (1), A2 INC (1), TWEEL HOME FURNISHINGS (1), BEYDA JEFFREY J (1).
  • Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A41D (8), A47G (2), Y10S (1), B41M (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.

10 real patent publications related to a oven mitt

  1. Customizable Oven Mitt with a Temperature Sensor and Speaker US-2022125139-A1 2022 · AVERYHART JAHMAL
    A customizable oven mitt is provided. The customizable oven mitt includes a front panel and a rear panel joined to form a mitt having a wrist opening, a closed ended thumb pocket, and a closed ended finger pocket. The mitt is comp…
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  2. Mounting device for an object such as a towel, a dish cloth, a potholder, an oven mitt, and the like, and combination of the mounting device and the object US-10624481-B1 2020 · HENDERSON SCOTT
    A mounting device for securing an object, such as a towel, a dish cloth, a potholder, or an oven mitt, to a handle, such as a refrigerator handle, an oven door handle, a drawer handle, or a cabinet handle, comprises a body, a hook…
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  3. Oven mitt and pot holder devices with integrated fire extinguishing blanket US-10806197-B2 2020 · SPENCER EMMA
    A device for handling hot objects and extinguishing a fire and a method of using the same are provided. A device for handling hot objects and extinguishing a fire includes: a first portion comprising an inner surface portion defin…
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  4. Oven mitt with scraper edge US-2014245517-A1 2014 · A2 INC
    The oven mitt discussed herein has a blade connected to or co-molded to an end of a finger sheath portion. The blade has a tapered or sharpened end. This allows a user to slide the mitt under a pan or scrape hot food products off …
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  5. Oven mitt with sound, light and video US-7946739-B2 2011 · SHAYNE LINDA
    A hand protective cooking apparatus, usually referred to an Oven Mitt and/or Pot Holder, including a combination of sound, light and video electric generating devices, including a power source, grouped as an electronic assembly se…
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  6. Pot holder/mitt US-7526814-B2 2009 · SILVER SCOTT H
    A pot holder/mitt is characterized by formation from a single layer of Z-folded fabric which is formed from hydrophobic and hydrophilic materials which extend from opposite surfaces of the fabric. The front surface of the holder/m…
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  7. Printed placemat, potholder, and oven mitt and methods for making same US-7459052-B2 2008 · TWEEL HOME FURNISHINGS
    Printed placemats, potholders, and oven mitts, and process for producing same using a high definition color sublimation printing technique. The sublimation printing technique applies a high quality image onto a print receiving lay…
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  8. Oven mitt with silicone liner US-2006080757-A1 2006 · BEYDA JEFFREY J
    A reversible oven mitt for a user's right or left hand, the mitt having an open near end and an opposite closed tip end, the mitt including a. a cuff part extending from the open end distally toward the tip end and defining an…
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  9. Oven glove with gripping element US-6658668-B2 2003
    An oven glove is provided with a gripping element affixed to a thumb piece of the glove so as to enable a wearer or user to handle or grasp hot dishes, pots, pans or like items. The gripping element extends outwardly from the thum…
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  10. Premium oven mitt/hot pad US-6305023-B1 2001
    An oven mitt incorporating high temperature materials ( 14 ), composed of polyester fleece ( 10 ), having a flap that protects the wrist ( 16 ), stitched channels to hold the hand in place ( 12 ) which may also be used as a hot pa…
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What this means for your idea

Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a oven mitt 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.