A22B 5/00
Accessories for use during or after slaughtering
A22B5/00 (Accessories for use during or after slaughtering) appears on 1,256 US grants and 776 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22B- Granted patents
- 1,256
- Published applications
- 776
- Assignees
- 453
- Inventors
- 1,863
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 20 | 0 |
| 1978 | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 22 | 0 |
| 1987 | 21 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 15 | 0 |
| 1992 | 38 | 0 |
| 1993 | 21 | 0 |
| 1994 | 32 | 0 |
| 1995 | 23 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 31 | 0 |
| 2001 | 48 | 7 |
| 2002 | 30 | 23 |
| 2003 | 31 | 27 |
| 2004 | 21 | 37 |
| 2005 | 20 | 36 |
| 2006 | 22 | 30 |
| 2007 | 29 | 47 |
| 2008 | 24 | 29 |
| 2009 | 26 | 26 |
| 2010 | 20 | 30 |
| 2011 | 31 | 26 |
| 2012 | 30 | 34 |
| 2013 | 27 | 36 |
| 2014 | 41 | 32 |
| 2015 | 31 | 25 |
| 2016 | 30 | 34 |
| 2017 | 41 | 23 |
| 2018 | 37 | 35 |
| 2019 | 29 | 33 |
| 2020 | 32 | 30 |
| 2021 | 26 | 35 |
| 2022 | 22 | 26 |
| 2023 | 29 | 44 |
| 2024 | 30 | 27 |
| 2025 | 35 | 25 |
| 2026 | 18 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A22B 5/16Skinning instruments or knives286
- A22B 5/0017Apparatus for cutting, dividing or deboning carcasses242
- A22B 5/0064Accessories for use during or after slaughtering: for classifying or grading carcasses199
- A22B 5/06Slaughtering stands or spreaders for cattle125
- A22B 5/20Splitting instruments98
- A22B 5/0082Cleaning, washing or disinfecting carcasses84
- A22B 5/08Scalding76
- A22B 5/0094Cutting or blocking the rectum of a carcass75
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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
- 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
- Cam-actuated split blade housing for power operated rotary knife21 Jul 2026US 12,686,140 B2Bettcher Industries, Inc.
- 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
- Inspection device for cavity-type object23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210878 A1Nuctech Company Limited
- Meat grade determination method and apparatus using an artificial intelligence model9 Jul 2026US 2026/0195775 A1Deeplant, Inc.
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