A01M 29/00
Scaring or repelling devices
Official title: Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus
A01M29/00 (Scaring or repelling devices) appears on 1,532 US grants and 1,865 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01M- Granted patents
- 1,532
- Published applications
- 1,865
- Assignees
- 811
- Inventors
- 3,115
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 17 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 19 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 0 |
| 1999 | 34 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 27 | 7 |
| 2002 | 27 | 24 |
| 2003 | 24 | 43 |
| 2004 | 28 | 43 |
| 2005 | 24 | 53 |
| 2006 | 24 | 45 |
| 2007 | 26 | 44 |
| 2008 | 21 | 44 |
| 2009 | 11 | 63 |
| 2010 | 33 | 54 |
| 2011 | 24 | 51 |
| 2012 | 33 | 58 |
| 2013 | 39 | 83 |
| 2014 | 36 | 99 |
| 2015 | 60 | 82 |
| 2016 | 63 | 109 |
| 2017 | 57 | 79 |
| 2018 | 59 | 115 |
| 2019 | 83 | 98 |
| 2020 | 75 | 98 |
| 2021 | 83 | 84 |
| 2022 | 71 | 114 |
| 2023 | 80 | 99 |
| 2024 | 64 | 117 |
| 2025 | 84 | 102 |
| 2026 | 72 | 57 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A01M 29/30Preventing or obstructing access or passage498
- A01M 29/06Scaring or repelling devices: using visual means368
- A01M 29/16Scaring or repelling devices: using sound waves363
- A01M 29/12Scaring or repelling devices: using odoriferous substances334
- A01M 29/24Scaring or repelling devices: using electric or magnetic effects218
- A01M 29/22Scaring or repelling devices: using vibrations32
- A01M 29/14Scaring or repelling devices: using thermal effects8
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- Animal deterrent devices and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305599 A1
- Systems and methods for animal deterrence using multi-modal sensing and reinforcement-learning-based acoustic actuation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305600 A1University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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