A01K 1/0029
Crowding gates or barriers
Official title: {Crowding gates or barriers}
A01K1/0029 (Crowding gates or barriers) appears on 103 US grants and 85 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 103
- Published applications
- 85
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 145
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2023 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Lighting system for poultry16 Jun 2026US 12,653,162 B2Signify Holding B. V.
- System and method for controlling animals27 Jan 2026US 12,532,865 B2Agersens Pty Ltd
- Apparatus for assisting the forward movement of livestock13 Jan 2026US 12,520,814 B2
- Method and control arrangement for controlling an automated crowd gate10 Jun 2025US 12,324,419 B2DeLaval Holding AB
- Systems and methods for continuous livestock supply27 May 2025US 12,310,330 B2Limin' Innovations LLC
- Apparatus for assisting the forward movement of livestock17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271869 A1
- System and method for controlling movement of livestock animals25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174057 A1Agis Automatisering B.V.
- Method for a directed animal traffic, and milking installation18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165292 A1GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
- Systems and methods for continuous livestock supply11 Sep 2025US 2025/0280788 A1Limin' Innovations LLC
- Livestock location system11 Sep 2025US 2025/0280800 A1S.C.R. (Engineers) Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Position and physiological data monitoring and control system for animal herding63US 5,791,294 ATrimble Navigation Limited · 1998
- Animal restraining apparatus28US 4,770,127 A1988
- Unmanned vehicle to be used in a stable or a meadow23US 6,439,162 B1Lely Research Holding AG · 2002
- Milking box with robotic attacher including rotatable gripping portion and nozzle22US 8,393,296 B2Technologies Holdings Corp. · 2013
- Crowd gate for milking parlor17US 4,445,460 A1984