A01K 31/005
Battery breeding cages, with or without auxiliary features
Official title: {Battery breeding cages, with or without auxiliary features, e.g. feeding, watering, demanuring, heating, ventilation}
A01K31/005 (Battery breeding cages, with or without auxiliary features) appears on 60 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 60
- Published applications
- 41
- Assignees
- 38
- Inventors
- 112
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
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| 2019 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 |
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| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rearing-keeping facility for rearing poultry animals, corresponding poultry animal house and use24 Feb 2026US 12,557,791 B2Big Dutchman International GmbH
- Automated hen house monitoring device21 Oct 2025US 12,446,555 B1
- Animal house5 Aug 2025US 12,376,559 B2Hebe Studio Limited
- Multi-layer, intelligent and environment-friendly breeding structure for meat waterfowl27 Aug 2024US 12,070,015 B2Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Animal house21 Feb 2023US 11,582,946 B2Hebe Studio Limited
- Automated hen house monitoring device12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041066 A1
- Manure conveying device, in particular for use in barn egg production or broiler production12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041067 A1noltewerk GmbH & Co. KG
- Rearing-keeping facility for rearing poultry animals, corresponding poultry animal house and use20 Mar 2025US 2025/0089686 A1Big Dutchman International GmbH
- Keeping facility for keeping poultry animals, related poultry animal keeping house, keeping method and use23 Jan 2025US 2025/0024818 A1Big Dutchman International GmbH
- Multi-layer, intelligent and environment-friendly breeding structure for meat waterfowl11 Jul 2024US 2024/0224948 A1Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Most cited
By later US patents
- High-rise laying hen rearing facility and method35US 5,865,143 ATrustees of University of Arkansas and United States of America · 1999
- Apparatus and method for raising and transporting poultry33US 4,020,793 AB & J Machinery Company, Inc. · 1977
- Apparatus for raising poultry utilizing high density brooding25US 4,480,588 ACumberland Corporation · 1984
- Bio-test cage and support therefor22US 4,036,177 AUnifab Corporation · 1977
- Arrangement for breeding poultry in cage batteries21US 5,570,657 A1996