A01K 29/002
Animal husbandry: other apparatus for animal husbandry: for monitoring or measuring size
Official title: {for monitoring or measuring size or weight of the animal, e.g. monitoring growth}
A01K29/002 (Animal husbandry: other apparatus for animal husbandry: for monitoring or measuring size) appears on 98 US grants and 134 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 98
- Published applications
- 134
- Assignees
- 92
- Inventors
- 276
- Latest grant
- 11 Nov 2025
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| 2026 | 0 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Technique for calculating the backfat thickness of a sow11 Nov 2025US 12,465,024 B1M3SEN Co., Ltd.
- Optimizing organic growth using spectral measurement23 Sep 2025US 12,423,715 B2Can Technologies, Inc.
- Livestock monitoring system and methods of use12 Aug 2025US 12,382,932 B2701x Inc.
- Method of controlling amount of fodder for sows based on artificial intelligence and apparatus therefor20 May 2025US 12,302,870 B2M3SEN Co., Ltd.
- Weighing of animals18 Mar 2025US 12,253,405 B2Farm Robotics and Automation Sl
- Multi-channel walk-in floor-reared poultry growth performance measurement system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305578 A1Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture Science and Technology
- Weight estimation method and program1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293855 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Pet sanitation and waste management system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232242 A1
- Method and system for artificial intelligence-based analytics of dental pads of livestock18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170803 A1
- Feedback device, feedback system, and feedback method14 May 2026US 2026/0130344 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and methods for the volumetric and dimensional measurement of livestock206US 6,974,373 B2Geissler Technologies, LLC · 2005
- Methods and apparatus for the dimensional measurement of livestock using a single camera164US 7,039,220 B2C-Scan, LLC · 2006
- Cattle management method and system147US 5,673,647 AMicro Chemical, Inc. · 1997
- System and method for measuring animals128US 8,036,429 B22011
- Cattle management method and system90US 6,135,055 AMicro Beef Technologies, Ltd. · 2000