A22C 29/005
Grading or classifying shellfish or bivalves
Official title: {Grading or classifying shellfish or bivalves}
A22C29/005 (Grading or classifying shellfish or bivalves) appears on 38 US grants and 30 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 38
- Published applications
- 30
- Assignees
- 18
- Inventors
- 70
- Latest grant
- 3 Mar 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Crab processing systems and methods3 Mar 2026US 12,564,195 B2
- Food animal freshness/degree of maturation evaluating device, and freshness/degree of maturation evaluating method9 Sep 2025US 12,411,120 B2National University Corporation Hokkaido University
- Shrimp processing system4 Mar 2025US 12,239,139 B2Laitram, L. L. C.
- Singulation and separation system for a shrimp processor22 Oct 2024US 12,121,035 B2Laitram, L. L. C.
- Crab processing machine and method, and crab eviscerating disc therefor18 Jul 2023US 11,700,861 B2
- Shrimp sorting systems and methods19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076379 A1Nova-Tech Engineering, Inc.
- Singulation and separation system for a shrimp processor23 Jan 2025US 2025/0024843 A1Laitram, L. L. C.
- Crab processing systems and methods7 Sep 2023US 2023/0276815 A1
- Singulation and separation system for a shrimp processor20 Jul 2023US 2023/0225340 A1Laitram, L. L. C.
- Crab processing machine and method, and crab eviscerating disc therefor15 Jun 2023US 2023/0180772 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for sizing and deheading shrimp17US 4,016,625 A1977
- Method and device for detecting/removing crustacean with untorn shell16US 6,808,448 B1Nichirei Corporation · 2004
- Automatic size-grading and shrimp peeling machinery12US 5,346,424 AHorng Shen Machinery Co., Ltd. · 1994
- Method and apparatus for processing shrimp11US 4,941,233 A1990
- Automated apparatus and system for cooking, drying and peeling shellfish products11US 7,179,160 B22007