A01J 5/0135
By using light
Official title: {by using light, e.g. light absorption or light transmission}
A01J5/0135 (By using light) appears on 43 US grants and 59 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01J- Granted patents
- 43
- Published applications
- 59
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 114
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
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| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Determination of haptoglobin quantity in milk15 Sep 2026US 12,733,619 B2DeLaval Holding AB
- Milking system with analysis unit11 Aug 2026US 12,702,113 B2Lely Patent N. V.
- Quality sensor, computer-implemented method of predicting inhomogeneities in milk extracted from an animal, computer program and non-volatile data carrier5 May 2026US 12,616,158 B2DeLaval Holding AB
- In-line sensor, milking cluster and associated methods9 Sep 2025US 12,411,119 B2Bovonic Limited
- System and apparatus for fluid sample delivery17 Jun 2025US 12,330,150 B2S.C.R. (Engineers) Limited
- Systems, methods, and media for automated milk quality monitoring using inline sensors6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227375 A1Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Milking system with analysis unit9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096534 A1Lely Patent N. V.
- In-line sensor, milking cluster and associated methods11 Dec 2025US 2025/0377347 A1Bovonic Limited
- Milk measuring device24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237636 A1Cowealthy Teknoloji Anonim Sirketi
- In-line sensor, milking cluster and associated methods10 Apr 2025US 2025/0116644 A1Bovonic Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Animal feeding and monitoring system54US 4,532,892 ARalston Purina Company · 1985
- Animal feeding and monitoring system50US 4,463,353 ARalston Purina Company · 1984
- Apparatus for on-site detection of mastitis in milk animals29US 4,385,590 A1983
- Implement for detecting physical abnormalities in milk24US 6,493,071 B2Lely Enerprises A.G. · 2002
- Inline analyzer for a milking machine system12US 10,004,204 B2Guardian Research Technologies LLC · 2018