A01K 31/16
Laying nests for poultry
Official title: Laying nests for poultry; Egg collecting
A01K31/16 (Laying nests for poultry) appears on 129 US grants and 80 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 129
- Published applications
- 80
- Assignees
- 65
- Inventors
- 186
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Egg collecting chicken nest device with cushion body23 Jun 2026US 12,660,802 B2
- Colony nest expeller10 Mar 2026US 12,568,938 B2Valco Industries, Inc.
- Laying nest provided with an improved ejection system10 Feb 2026US 12,543,707 B2Valli S.P.A.
- Device for vacuum-free removal of a nest from a tub, a system and a sterile chamber comprising such a device, and a method for vacuum-free removal of a nest from a tub13 Jan 2026US 12,520,826 B2Syntegon Technology GmbH
- Connected hatchery comprising a plurality of devices for handling, processing or vaccinating eggs or chicks2 Dec 2025US 12,484,557 B2Ceva Sante Animale
- Nest module, particularly for egg-laying hen farm systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305582 A1Officine Facco & C. S.P.A.
- Poultry farming system, particularly for egg-laying hen farms8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305583 A1Officine Facco & C. S.P.A.
- Chicken nest with egg collector9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096542 A1Obschestvo s Ogranichennoy Otvetstvennostyu Chistoye Prechistoye
- Egg collecting chicken nest device with cushion body26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083101 A1
- Automated hen house monitoring device12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041066 A1
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
- Use of alum to inhibit ammonia volatilization and to decrease phosphorus solubility in poultry litter25US 5,622,697 ABoard of Trustees of the University of Arkansas · 1997
- Enclosure device for encouraging the laying of eggs by domestic fowls particularly turkeys23US 4,188,911 A1980
- Egg transporting system21US 4,199,051 AU. S. Industries, Inc. · 1980
- Apparatus for conveying and washing means therefor21US 4,709,713 A1987