A01K 47/00
Beehives
A01K47/00 (Beehives) appears on 297 US grants and 333 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 297
- Published applications
- 333
- Assignees
- 125
- Inventors
- 633
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 1 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 8 |
| 2014 | 5 | 15 |
| 2015 | 3 | 15 |
| 2016 | 10 | 18 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17 |
| 2018 | 7 | 17 |
| 2019 | 3 | 23 |
| 2020 | 19 | 25 |
| 2021 | 17 | 33 |
| 2022 | 23 | 26 |
| 2023 | 19 | 27 |
| 2024 | 19 | 36 |
| 2025 | 25 | 23 |
| 2026 | 11 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Hive feed apparatus and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,432 B2Formtech Plastics Inc.
- Beehive frame cover25 Aug 2026US 12,714,074 B2Beewise Technologies LTD
- Bioactive honey production environment and method30 Jun 2026US 12,667,085 B2
- Smart, environmentally controlled, mobile enclosure system16 Jun 2026US 12,653,164 B2HiveTech Solutions Inc.
- Buoyant modular beehive apparatus31 Mar 2026US 12,588,662 B2
- Bee Feeder9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191173 A1
- Sensing pest and pollinators using metamaterials21 May 2026US 2026/0137064 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Method for increasing pollination in crops susceptible to pollination of invertebrates of the apideae families7 May 2026US 2026/0124216 A1Apix Biosciences
- Floating Dowel Bee Feeder26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053119 A1
- System for the maritime transport of bees25 Dec 2025US 2025/0386806 A1c/o Universidad Mayor
Most cited
By later US patents
- Molded polyurethane beehives50US 4,199,832 A1980
- Pollen trap with cleaning grid25US 3,995,338 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · 1976
- Bee hive23US 4,135,265 A1979
- Portable beehive23US 5,211,597 ANucleus Specialties, Inc. · 1993
- Method for year-round utilization of pollinating insects such as bumble bees and constant temperature box for achieving this22US 5,895,310 ACats, Inc. · 1999