A22B
Slaughtering
A22B (Slaughtering) appears on 1,675 US grants and 1,128 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22B- Granted patents
- 1,675
- Published applications
- 1,128
- Assignees
- 600
- Inventors
- 2,461
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 26 | 0 |
| 1977 | 27 | 0 |
| 1978 | 21 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 26 | 0 |
| 1982 | 23 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 21 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 28 | 0 |
| 1987 | 26 | 0 |
| 1988 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 22 | 0 |
| 1992 | 43 | 0 |
| 1993 | 25 | 0 |
| 1994 | 37 | 0 |
| 1995 | 26 | 0 |
| 1996 | 35 | 0 |
| 1997 | 35 | 0 |
| 1998 | 28 | 0 |
| 1999 | 29 | 0 |
| 2000 | 44 | 0 |
| 2001 | 54 | 9 |
| 2002 | 37 | 28 |
| 2003 | 39 | 39 |
| 2004 | 26 | 53 |
| 2005 | 29 | 54 |
| 2006 | 30 | 52 |
| 2007 | 37 | 68 |
| 2008 | 40 | 40 |
| 2009 | 34 | 37 |
| 2010 | 34 | 44 |
| 2011 | 37 | 36 |
| 2012 | 40 | 40 |
| 2013 | 35 | 48 |
| 2014 | 51 | 51 |
| 2015 | 48 | 50 |
| 2016 | 44 | 45 |
| 2017 | 54 | 34 |
| 2018 | 43 | 45 |
| 2019 | 42 | 49 |
| 2020 | 49 | 45 |
| 2021 | 40 | 44 |
| 2022 | 34 | 42 |
| 2023 | 37 | 54 |
| 2024 | 47 | 46 |
| 2025 | 50 | 46 |
| 2026 | 26 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
Recent patents
- Decontamination tank and method for treating food products6 Oct 2026US 12,751,464 B2Morris & Associates, Inc.
- Knife assembly8 Sep 2026US 12,727,602 B2Outdoor Element, LLC
- Method for administering an antimicrobial treatment to an animal in a meat processing operation1 Sep 2026US 12,721,865 B2Cargill, Incorporated
- Device for heating and cooling food items18 Aug 2026US 12,708,122 B2Lambhusasund Ehf.
- Method of sorting beef carcasses11 Aug 2026US 12,702,138 B2Cargill, Incorporated
- Euthanasia chamber for receiving intact wire cage traps containing live animals and method of use1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293916 A1
- Cutting device and method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283166 A1Marel Red Meat B.V.
- Small game cleaning device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256152 A1
- Dehider blades and a handheld dehider using the same3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256153 A1Jarvis Products Corporation
- Processing line and method for processing products of the food processing industry and in particular stunned poultry bodies20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240176 A1Baader Poultry Holding GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pneumatic meat saw1,029US 4,675,944 A1987
- Method for tracking the production history of food products379US 5,478,990 AColeman Environmental Systems, Inc. · 1995
- Apparatus and methods for the volumetric and dimensional measurement of livestock206US 6,974,373 B2Geissler Technologies, LLC · 2005
- Method and apparatus for measuring characteristics of meat186US 5,872,314 A1999
- System and method for measuring animals128US 8,036,429 B22011