A22B 7/00
Slaughterhouse arrangements
A22B7/00 (Slaughterhouse arrangements) appears on 255 US grants and 234 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22B- Granted patents
- 255
- Published applications
- 234
- Assignees
- 146
- Inventors
- 456
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 | 12 |
| 2006 | 3 | 9 |
| 2007 | 7 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 8 | 5 |
| 2011 | 8 | 11 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 7 |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 | 12 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 |
| 2018 | 8 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 | 17 |
| 2020 | 16 | 12 |
| 2021 | 13 | 9 |
| 2022 | 11 | 18 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 15 | 11 |
| 2025 | 9 | 19 |
| 2026 | 7 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for rotating products during processing2 Jun 2026US 12,642,276 B2Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Methods for carcass preparation in beef processing26 May 2026US 12,635,698 B1K.K. Holdings AG
- Apparatus for suspending and supporting cuts of meat during processing21 Apr 2026US 12,604,909 B2DuBose Industries, Inc.
- Positioning equipment and method for poultry and similar animals31 Mar 2026US 12,588,682 B2
- Carcass stabilizing system24 Mar 2026US 12,582,129 B2Equipements Frontmatec Inc.
- 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
- Method of stunning pigs using gas and slaughterhouse for slaughtering pigs30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215441 A1Marel Meat A/S
- Material chilling/freezing system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210637 A1Hive Chilling IP Pty Ltd
- Gripper, a vision guided robot with such gripper, and a system, method, and computer program for the automated suspension of poultry11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158669 A1Meyn Food Processing Technology B. V.
- Universal processing stand30 Apr 2026US 2026/0117532 A1U.S. Titan Manufacturing, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic method and system for tracking the carcass of a slaughtered animal through a processing plant101US 6,231,435 B12001
- Livestock identification system88US 4,597,495 A1986
- Computer controlled method and apparatus for meat slabbing66US 5,937,080 ADesign Systems, Inc. · 1999
- Carrying device62US 4,529,240 A1985
- Radio frequency identification device and method of use56US 5,964,656 AMeat Processing Service Corporation · 1999