A22C 17/00
Processing meat, poultry, or fish: other devices for processing meat or bones
Official title: Other devices for processing meat or bones
A22C17/00 (Processing meat, poultry, or fish: other devices for processing meat or bones) appears on 1,477 US grants and 1,298 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 1,477
- Published applications
- 1,298
- Assignees
- 591
- Inventors
- 2,269
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 22 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 20 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 21 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 |
| 1991 | 24 | 0 |
| 1992 | 29 | 0 |
| 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 20 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 4 |
| 2002 | 18 | 20 |
| 2003 | 22 | 26 |
| 2004 | 17 | 28 |
| 2005 | 18 | 43 |
| 2006 | 25 | 41 |
| 2007 | 17 | 38 |
| 2008 | 22 | 28 |
| 2009 | 19 | 53 |
| 2010 | 26 | 38 |
| 2011 | 33 | 26 |
| 2012 | 29 | 50 |
| 2013 | 36 | 59 |
| 2014 | 50 | 51 |
| 2015 | 52 | 63 |
| 2016 | 40 | 52 |
| 2017 | 53 | 56 |
| 2018 | 51 | 65 |
| 2019 | 47 | 73 |
| 2020 | 71 | 79 |
| 2021 | 56 | 68 |
| 2022 | 58 | 84 |
| 2023 | 75 | 76 |
| 2024 | 65 | 77 |
| 2025 | 71 | 65 |
| 2026 | 42 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A22C 17/0006Cutting or shaping meat433
- A22C 17/0073Processing meat, poultry, or fish: other devices for processing meat or bones227
- A22C 17/0093Handling, transporting or packaging pieces of meat209
- A22C 17/04Bone cleaning devices179
- A22C 17/004Devices for deboning meat152
- A22C 17/12Apparatus for cutting-off rind123
- A22C 17/08Cleaning86
- A22C 17/02Apparatus for holding meat or bones while cutting85
Recent patents
- Decontamination tank and method for treating food products6 Oct 2026US 12,751,464 B2Morris & Associates, Inc.
- Meat grinder with funneled feed chute6 Oct 2026US 12,752,282 B2Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
- Roller assembly for loin puller machine15 Sep 2026US 12,733,650 B2Hall Fabrication, Inc.
- Device for the manufacture of skewers of food products comprising a mobile skewer picker synchronized with the movement of the trays for receiving the food products15 Sep 2026US 12,733,651 B2System B
- System and method for detecting ink marking and ejecting carcass from line1 Sep 2026US 12,721,353 B1Triumph Foods, LLC
- Cutting device and method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283166 A1Marel Red Meat B.V.
- Selecting device for pieces of processed meat, method for selecting pieces of processed meat and plant for slicing pieces of processed meat provided with this selecting device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283167 A1Ve.Ma.C. Societa' A Responsabilita' Limitata
- Work grasping apparatus and work grasping method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283168 A1Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Device For Separating Arbitrarily Supplied Food Products10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262662 A1Viam S.R.O.
- Meat Slicer10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264282 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for tracking the production history of food products379US 5,478,990 AColeman Environmental Systems, Inc. · 1995
- Autonomous surface cleaning robot for wet and dry cleaning257US 7,389,156 B2iRobot Corporation · 2008
- Method of linking a food source with a food product106US 6,859,672 B2Cryovac, Inc. · 2005
- Safety method and means for stopping meat skinning machines104US 5,083,973 ATownsend Engineering Company · 1992
- Safety mechanism for meat skinning machines96US 5,122,091 ATownsend Engineering Company · 1992