A22B 5/0017
Apparatus for cutting, dividing or deboning carcasses
Official title: {Apparatus for cutting, dividing or deboning carcasses}
A22B5/0017 (Apparatus for cutting, dividing or deboning carcasses) appears on 242 US grants and 174 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22B- Granted patents
- 242
- Published applications
- 174
- Assignees
- 113
- Inventors
- 388
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 9 | 9 |
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| 2026 | 8 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A22B 5/0029Cutting through or detaching portions of a carcass71
- A22B 5/0041Electronic, robotic or computer assisted cutting, dividing or deboning carcasses58
- A22B 5/0035Deboning or obtaining boneless pieces of meat from a carcass56
- A22B 5/0047Hand-tools for deboning, cutting or dividing carcasses36
- A22B 5/0052Severing the head or the jaw of a carcass, slaughterhouse operations on27
- A22B 5/0058Removing feet or hooves from carcasses22
- A22B 5/0023Cutting open the abdominal cavity of a carcass16
Recent patents
- Knife assembly8 Sep 2026US 12,727,602 B2Outdoor Element, LLC
- Methods for carcass preparation in beef processing26 May 2026US 12,635,698 B1K.K. Holdings AG
- Cutting system for cutting carcass parts while the carcass parts are carried by carriers connected to and moved by an overhang transport system12 May 2026US RE50,883 E1Marel Meat B.V.
- Holding element for positioning back parts or parts thereof of poultry carcasses24 Mar 2026US 12,582,128 B2Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG
- Tool having a detectable wireless marker or tag17 Mar 2026US 12,579,395 B2Dexter-Russell, Inc.
- Cutting device and method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283166 A1Marel Red Meat B.V.
- Meat processing tool comprising dissolvable handle material2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182588 A1Cargill, Incorporated
- Systems and methods for automated fish processing28 May 2026US 2026/0144265 A1Shinkei Systems Corp.
- Device for clamping bone-in meat9 Apr 2026US 2026/0096566 A1Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Roller assembly for loin puller machine12 Mar 2026US 2026/0068895 A1Hall Fabrication, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ergonomic knife and knife handle67US 4,885,818 A1989
- Abrasive for a water jet cutting head64US 5,162,016 ATexas Beef Group · 1992
- Method and apparatus for automatically trimming fatty tissue from animal carcasses59US 5,334,084 ATexas Beef Group · 1994
- Method and apparatus for automatically segmenting animal carcasses57US 5,205,779 ATexas Beef Group · 1993
- Method and apparatus for automatically segmenting animal carcasses50US 5,314,375 ATexas Beef Group · 1994