A01K 43/00
Testing, sorting or cleaning eggs
Official title: Testing, sorting or cleaning eggs (investigating or analysing eggs, e.g. by candling G01N33/08); {Conveying devices (for batteries A01K31/165); Pick-up devices}
A01K43/00 (Testing, sorting or cleaning eggs) appears on 267 US grants and 251 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 267
- Published applications
- 251
- Assignees
- 136
- Inventors
- 386
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 13 | 11 |
| 2024 | 11 | 17 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and device for non-destructive sorting of fertilization information of hatching eggs before incubation22 Sep 2026US 12,740,547 B2South China Agricultural University
- Method and assembly for in-ovo sexing of bird eggs2 Jun 2026US 12,642,253 B2Technische UniversitäT Dresden
- Egg conveyor assembly17 Mar 2026US 12,577,006 B2Sanovo Technology Netherlands B.V.
- Sex determination device and sex determination method6 Jan 2026US 12,514,235 B2Hitachi Solutions Create, Ltd.
- Connected hatchery comprising a plurality of devices for handling, processing or vaccinating eggs or chicks2 Dec 2025US 12,484,557 B2Ceva Sante Animale
- Apparatus and method for egg washing brush8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305584 A1
- Methods and apparatus for creating egg models3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256121 A1Board of Education of the Vocational Schools in the County of Bergen
- Method for measuring eggs2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182547 A1Hytem Co., Ltd.
- Method for determining the gender of a chick18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168980 A1HatchTech Group B.V.
- Device for examining hatching eggs3 Jul 2025US 2025/0216370 A1Evonta-Technology GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for applying advertisements to eggs90US 4,843,958 AAMI International · 1989
- High speed automated injection system for avian embryos77US 4,903,635 AEmbrex, Inc. · 1990
- Method and apparatus for the manipulation of products51US 4,805,778 ANambu Electric Co., Ltd. · 1989
- Egg transfer apparatus44US 4,355,936 ADiamond International Corporation · 1982
- Method and apparatus of distinguishing between live and dead poultry eggs40US 4,955,728 AEmbrex, Inc. · 1990