A01K 1/031
Cages for laboratory animals
Official title: {Cages for laboratory animals; Cages for measuring metabolism of animals}
A01K1/031 (Cages for laboratory animals) appears on 587 US grants and 582 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 587
- Published applications
- 582
- Assignees
- 336
- Inventors
- 1,192
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 1 |
| 2002 | 18 | 9 |
| 2003 | 12 | 22 |
| 2004 | 9 | 18 |
| 2005 | 12 | 25 |
| 2006 | 14 | 22 |
| 2007 | 10 | 38 |
| 2008 | 13 | 24 |
| 2009 | 12 | 21 |
| 2010 | 18 | 29 |
| 2011 | 18 | 19 |
| 2012 | 13 | 22 |
| 2013 | 9 | 18 |
| 2014 | 12 | 24 |
| 2015 | 15 | 17 |
| 2016 | 20 | 17 |
| 2017 | 21 | 28 |
| 2018 | 18 | 27 |
| 2019 | 28 | 34 |
| 2020 | 25 | 27 |
| 2021 | 20 | 24 |
| 2022 | 19 | 15 |
| 2023 | 21 | 28 |
| 2024 | 19 | 25 |
| 2025 | 20 | 26 |
| 2026 | 20 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and system for connecting an animal cage monitoring system to an animal cage rack6 Oct 2026US 12,751,419 B2Allentown, LLC
- Pet carrier with openings for facilitating contact between human and animal22 Sep 2026US 12,740,544 B1
- Automatic feeder apparatus, systems, and methods thereof8 Sep 2026US 12,727,579 B2The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Wireless digital treatment and warning system and display for veterinarian animal cages1 Sep 2026US 12,721,304 B2
- Removable rodent cage divider25 Aug 2026US 12,714,063 B2Innovive, Inc.
- Method and system for controlling a watering plant for laboratory animals1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293846 A1Tecniplast S.P.A.
- Pet fence24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283103 A1Jiangsu Zhongheng Pet Articles Joint-Stock Co., Ltd.
- Insect rearing and storage20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240109 A1Google Inc.
- System for Reading Tags for Livestock25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174065 A1Datamars SA
- Animal tagging system for simultaneous human and computer-vision-based animal identification11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157343 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for object identification and behavior characterization using video analysis281US 6,678,413 B12004
- System and method for object identification and behavior characterization using video analysis163US 7,068,842 B2CleverSys, Inc. · 2006
- Systems and methods for monitoring behavior informatics120US 7,269,516 B2Carnegie Mellon University · 2007
- Animal caging and biological storage systems114US 6,257,171 B1Animal Care Systems, Inc. · 2001
- Movement--responsive system for conducting tests on freely-moving animals99US 5,816,256 ABioanalytical Systems, Inc. · 1998