A01K 11/006
Automatic identification systems for animals
Official title: {Automatic identification systems for animals, e.g. electronic devices, transponders for animals (identification systems for access to feeding pens A01K1/0209; ear tags with electronic identification means A01K11/004)}
A01K11/006 (Automatic identification systems for animals) appears on 993 US grants and 1,240 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 993
- Published applications
- 1,240
- Assignees
- 614
- Inventors
- 2,294
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 46 | 44 |
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
- Data-informed method and system for tracking the performance of airborne objects6 Oct 2026US 12,751,422 B2
- Flywheel stabilized system for deploying a free-falling payload from an aerial vehicle and methods of use thereof8 Sep 2026US 12,728,992 B2Ocean Alliance, Inc.
- Systems, methods, and apparatuses for computerized animal management1 Sep 2026US 12,721,320 B2
- Animal tracking system using high-accuracy positioning1 Sep 2026US 12,724,158 B2Radio Systems Corporation
- Ai-powered system for animal management and training including an animal wearable or implantable device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305574 A1
- Ai-powered system for animal management and training including an animal wearable or implantable device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305575 A1
- Systems, methods, and program products for digital pet identification1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304073 A1Ickovic & Bliss, Inc.
- Three-dimensional avoidance zone device for animal control24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283112 A1
- System and method for determining a condition of a foot of an animal10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268488 A1Hoofcount Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for locating and tracking documents and other objects681US 5,936,527 AE-Tag Systems, Inc. · 1999
- Radio frequency identification system675US 6,100,804 AIntecmec IP Corp. · 2000
- Transponder arrangement613US 5,053,774 ATexas Instruments Deutschland GmbH · 1991
- Ingestible size continuously transmitting temperature monitoring pill567US 4,844,076 AThe Johns Hopkins University · 1989
- Microelectronic animal identification520US 10,645,905 B2Somark Innovations, Inc. · 2020