A01K 45/00
Animal husbandry: other aviculture appliances
Official title: Other aviculture appliances, e.g. devices for determining whether a bird is about to lay
A01K45/00 (Animal husbandry: other aviculture appliances) appears on 711 US grants and 689 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 711
- Published applications
- 689
- Assignees
- 317
- Inventors
- 1,156
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 4 |
| 2002 | 17 | 20 |
| 2003 | 24 | 23 |
| 2004 | 17 | 21 |
| 2005 | 13 | 30 |
| 2006 | 18 | 27 |
| 2007 | 20 | 25 |
| 2008 | 15 | 16 |
| 2009 | 6 | 20 |
| 2010 | 13 | 16 |
| 2011 | 16 | 20 |
| 2012 | 12 | 18 |
| 2013 | 9 | 22 |
| 2014 | 21 | 22 |
| 2015 | 14 | 33 |
| 2016 | 20 | 42 |
| 2017 | 25 | 41 |
| 2018 | 24 | 44 |
| 2019 | 33 | 40 |
| 2020 | 29 | 39 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 |
| 2022 | 25 | 27 |
| 2023 | 27 | 32 |
| 2024 | 24 | 25 |
| 2025 | 20 | 26 |
| 2026 | 15 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Data-informed method and system for tracking the performance of airborne objects6 Oct 2026US 12,751,422 B2
- Poultry body size data acquisition system29 Sep 2026US 12,745,759 B2
- Poultry weight measurement and weight estimation system7 Jul 2026US 12,672,642 B2Uniai Corp.
- System for early detection of infectious diseases in poultry30 Jun 2026US 12,667,084 B2Konkuk University Industrial Cooperation Corp.
- Lighting system for poultry16 Jun 2026US 12,653,162 B2Signify Holding B. V.
- Bird flock health24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289770 A1Signify Holding B. V.
- A sensing system for determining a parameter of a set of animals17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276433 A1Signify Holding B. V.
- Rear-facing poultry claw system and method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262612 A1Nova-Tech Engineering, Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for creating egg models3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256121 A1Board of Education of the Vocational Schools in the County of Bergen
- Method and apparatus for digitalized fleshing score measurements in precision farm management3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259033 A1Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for punching through egg shells with reduced force117US 6,601,534 B2Embrex, Inc. · 2003
- High speed automated injection system for avian embryos102US 4,681,063 AEmbrex, Inc. · 1987
- Rotor assemblies100US 4,900,292 ANational Research Development Corporation · 1990
- High speed automated injection system for avian embryos77US 4,903,635 AEmbrex, Inc. · 1990
- Fallopian tube and method of in vitro fertilization and embryo development69US 6,673,008 B12004