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Cricut, Inc.

Cricut, Inc. shows a surprising focus on manufacturing and materials, with "Industrial Control Systems" making up 17.3% of its portfolio and "Layered Products (Laminates, Films)" representing 14.4%, the latter experiencing a significant 233.3% growth in 2025 before a sharp decline so far in 2026. While consumer-facing categories like "Laundry / Dry Cleaning" (7.7%) and "Printers & Typewriters" (3.8%) are present, the strong emphasis on industrial and material science patents suggests a strategy beyond just end-user crafting devices, potentially indicating a shift towards underlying technology or manufacturing processes, although the overall patenting activity appears highly volatile with many categories showing significant year-over-year fluctuations and declines so far in 2026.

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Yearly patent publications since 2023

Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

104 US filings (since 2023) · 9 categories · 6 themes

Advanced Heating Systems

Focuses on novel heating elements, power delivery, and thermal management for efficient and controlled aerosol generation. This includes resistive, inductive, and other heating methods, as well as heat distribution and retention.

Electric Heating & Lighting Control
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4since 2023
-66.7%YoY
Integrated Tool Features & Ergonomicsfiltered

Design elements and integrated components that improve the usability, comfort, and versatility of hand tools, such as built-in lighting, vibration reduction, modular storage, or adjustable form factors.

Hand Tools
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4since 2023
0.0%YoY
Power Tool Drivetrain & Mechanics

Design and optimization of the mechanical components and power transmission systems within powered hand tools, including motors, gears, spindles, and impact mechanisms, for efficiency, durability, and compact form factor.

Hand Tools
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3since 2023
new
Advanced Functional Textiles

Development and application of textile materials with engineered properties such as waterproofing, thermal regulation, anti-cling, structural coloration, or enhanced filtration capabilities for specific performance needs.

Layered Products (Laminates, Films)
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1since 2023
new
Real-time Graphics Rendering

Techniques and hardware architectures designed to efficiently generate and display complex 3D graphics, particularly for interactive applications like virtual reality, focusing on speed and visual quality.

Image Processing
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1since 2023
n/a
Interactive 3D Data Visualization

Methods and systems for displaying complex data in three-dimensional graphical formats, allowing users to manipulate, explore, and derive insights from the data through interactive controls.

Input/Output & User Interfaces
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1since 2023
n/a

Patents

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Integrated Tool Features & Ergonomics
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US 12479035 B2GRANTED
B25B1/22

Tool assembly for a crafting apparatus

Filed:2023-02-03Pub:2025-11-25
Applicant:Cricut, Inc.

A tool assembly includes a housing, a shaft, a spherical member, and a head. The housing defines a shaft channel. The shaft is rotatably disposed within the shaft channel and includes an exposed portion outside of the shaft channel. The exposed portion defines an engagement channel extending through an outer surface of the exposed portion. The spherical member is disposed within the engagement channel. The head is configured to be engaged with the exposed portion of the shaft. The head includes a detent configured to selectively engage the spherical member.

US 11975438 B2GRANTED
B25G3/12

Precision tool holder

Filed:2019-04-08Pub:2024-05-07
Applicant:Cricut, Inc.

A tool holder including a main body, an activation button coupled to the main body, a tool securing portion at least in directly coupled to the activation button, wherein the activation button can be activated into a first state for coupling a tool to the tool holder and a second state for decoupling a tool from the tool holder.

US 20230173588 A1APPLICATION
B23B31/107

Tool Assembly for a Crafting Apparatus

Filed:2023-02-03Pub:2023-06-08
Applicant:Cricut, Inc.

A tool assembly includes a housing, a shaft, a spherical member, and a head. The housing defines a shaft channel. The shaft is rotatably disposed within the shaft channel and includes an exposed portion outside of the shaft channel. The exposed portion defines an engagement channel extending through an outer surface of the exposed portion. The spherical member is disposed within the engagement channel. The head is configured to be engaged with the exposed portion of the shaft. The head includes a detent configured to selectively engage the spherical member.

US 11583939 B2GRANTED
B23B31/107

Tool assembly for a crafting apparatus

Filed:2019-06-18Pub:2023-02-21
Applicant:Cricut, Inc.

A tool assembly includes a housing, a shaft, a spherical member, and a head. The housing defines a shaft channel. The shaft is rotatably disposed within the shaft channel and includes an exposed portion outside of the shaft channel. The exposed portion defines an engagement channel extending through an outer surface of the exposed portion. The spherical member is disposed within the engagement channel. The head is configured to be engaged with the exposed portion of the shaft. The head includes a detent configured to selectively engage the spherical member.

US 20210023691 A1APPLICATION
B25G3/12

Precision Tool Holder

Filed:2019-04-08Pub:2021-01-28
Applicant:Cricut, Inc.

A tool holder including a main body, an activation button coupled to the main body, a tool securing portion at least in directly coupled to the activation button, wherein the activation button can be activated into a first state for coupling a tool to the tool holder and a second state for decoupling a tool from the tool holder.

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