A01J 5/0136
By using milk flow characteristics
Official title: {by using milk flow characteristics, e.g. differences between udder quarters or differences with previous milking runs}
A01J5/0136 (By using milk flow characteristics) appears on 29 US grants and 21 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01J- Granted patents
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- 5 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- In-line sensor, milking cluster and associated methods10 Apr 2025US 2025/0116644 A1Bovonic Limited
- Quality sensor, computer-implemented method of predicting inhomogeneities in milk extracted from an animal, computer program and non-volatile data carrier7 Mar 2024US 2024/0074400 A1DeLaval Holding AB
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- Implement for and a method of milking animals automatically49US 5,568,788 AC. van der Lely N. V. · 1996
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- Method and apparatus for automatically milking animals42US 5,704,311 AMaasland N,V. · 1998
- Milking plant36US 5,080,040 AC. van der Lely N. V. · 1992
- Milking apparatus30US 5,275,124 AC. van der Lely N. V. · 1994