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Fork and spoon8/17/2023 ![]() The word Spork accompanied by a stylised design is registered in the US in relation to hand tools, in the name of a UK-based individual. The Van Brode Milling Company subsequently registered SPORK for a combination plastic spoon, fork and knife at the USPO on October 27, 1970, but the registration expired 20 years later. Ballard of Westtown, Pennsylvania filed an application with the United States Patent Office (USPO now the United States Patent and Trademark Office) to register "Spork" as a trademark for a combination spoon and fork made of stainless steel. The word "spork" originated in the early 20th century to describe such devices. Examples of modern US design patents for sporks include patent number D247,153 issued in February 1978 and patent D388,664 issued in January 1998. These design patents do not prevent anyone from designing and manufacturing a different version of a spork. Given this significant prior art, the basic concept of combining aspects of a spoon and fork is well established more modern patents have limited themselves to the specific implementation and appearance of the spork. Many of these inventions predated the use of the term "spork". McCoy and US patent 1,044,869, for a spoon with a tined edge, granted to Frank Emmenegger in November 1912. Other early patents predating the modern spork include US patent 904,553, for a "cutting spoon", granted on November 24, 1908, to Harry L. Francis and issued US patent 147,119 on February 3, 1874. A combined spoon, fork, and knife closely resembling the modern spork was invented by Samuel W. In the US, patents for sporks and proto-sporks have been issued.
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