A01K 15/0252
Fetching toys or devices to throw toys
Official title: {Fetching toys or devices to throw toys}
A01K15/0252 (Fetching toys or devices to throw toys) appears on 111 US grants and 175 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 111
- Published applications
- 175
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 243
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2007 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 |
| 2012 | 4 | 13 |
| 2013 | 7 | 16 |
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| 2020 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 9 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Cat wand12 May 2026US 12,622,417 B2The Kyjen Company, Inc.
- Foldable ball throwing device, with light charging of a glow-in-the-dark ball17 Mar 2026US 12,576,322 B1Gramercy Products, Inc.
- Projectile and launcher system for the entertainment and exercise of pets6 Jan 2026US 12,514,232 B2
- Treat dispensing toy for pets18 Nov 2025US 12,471,568 B2Benebone LLC
- Throwing club with counterweight at handle thereof30 Sep 2025US 12,427,387 B2Jiangsu Zhongheng Pet Articles Joint-Stock Co., Ltd.
- Pet toy23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206722 A1
- Pet chase toy26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053112 A1
- Pet toy ball assembly system and method12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041061 A1
- Intelligent sensing ball launcher18 Dec 2025US 2025/0380668 A1Hanlan Technology (Huizhou) Co., Ltd
- Game using tangible projectile throwing device12 Jun 2025US 2025/0186848 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ball throwing apparatus and method79US 6,076,829 A2000
- Throwable pet toy67US 4,919,083 A1990
- Disc-shaped animal retrieval toy having treat container67US 5,553,570 A1996
- Automatic pet trainer56US 7,263,953 B22007
- Bedding articles possessing microbe-inhibiting properties53US 6,196,156 B1Seefar Technologies, Inc. · 2001