A22C 25/166
Removing loose pin bones
Official title: {Removing loose pin bones, e.g. from fish fillets}
A22C25/166 (Removing loose pin bones) appears on 53 US grants and 35 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 53
- Published applications
- 35
- Assignees
- 38
- Inventors
- 82
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Knife assembly and apparatus and method for processing animal products24 Feb 2026US 12,557,821 B2Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG
- Systems for automated fish processing14 Jan 2025US 12,193,447 B2Shinkei Systems Corp.
- Device and method for filleting and pin-bone removal15 Oct 2024US 12,114,672 B2Velfag Ehf.
- Gripping tool15 Nov 2022US 11,498,188 B2Simian Ltd.
- Apparatus for processing and grading food articles and related methods1 Mar 2022US 11,259,531 B2Valka Ehf
- Knife assembly and apparatus and method for processing animal products26 Dec 2024US 2024/0423224 A1Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG
- Systems for automated fish processing12 Sep 2024US 2024/0298656 A1Shinkei Systems Corp.
- An apparatus for trimming and cutting food items8 Feb 2024US 2024/0041056 A1Lambhusasund Ehf.
- Method and Apparatus for Weakening Pin Bone Attachment in Fish23 Nov 2023US 2023/0371532 A1Circle Seafoods, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for weakening pin bone attachment in fish14 Sep 2023US 2023/0284639 A1Circle Seafoods, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for the automatic cutting up or dividing up of fish fillets36US 4,726,094 ANordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG · 1988
- Methods and apparatus for filleting fish28US 4,037,294 ALever Brothers Company · 1977
- Device and method for processing meat26US 6,604,991 B1Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG · 2003
- Apparatus for gaining pinbone-free fillets of fish23US 4,748,723 ANordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH.times.CO KG · 1988
- Food processing apparatus for detecting and cutting tough tissues from food items22US 9,095,147 B2Valka Ehf · 2015