A01K 5/0114
Pet food dispensers
Official title: {Pet food dispensers; Pet food trays (time-controlled A01K5/0291)}
A01K5/0114 (Pet food dispensers) appears on 879 US grants and 1,057 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 879
- Published applications
- 1,057
- Assignees
- 342
- Inventors
- 1,682
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 31 | 56 |
| 2025 | 44 | 47 |
| 2026 | 38 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Pet feeder8 Sep 2026US 12,727,577 B1Dongguan ZhiYHong Hardware & Plastic Co., Ltd.
- Dispensing device for animal food1 Sep 2026US 12,721,306 B2Houndsy, LLC
- Automated solid/liquid dispenser1 Sep 2026US 12,721,308 B1
- Feeding station elevator18 Aug 2026US 12,708,100 B1
- Manual pet feeder28 Jul 2026US 12,690,563 B1Shenzhen Qianhai Runway Technology Co., LTD.
- Smart Pet Feeding System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305567 A1
- Automatic feeding assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283105 A1Automated Pet Care Products, LLC d/b/a WHISKER
- Food container compatible with automatic feeding assembly6 Aug 2026US 2026/0223813 A1Automated Pet Care Products, LLC d/b/a WHISKER
- Animal enrichment device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0223814 A1Bounce Enterprises LLC
- Pet feeder with pet microchip identification for access control and method of operation30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215395 A1America Leader Electric Appliance, Inc.
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