A22C 29/04
Processing bivalves
Official title: Processing bivalves, e.g. oysters (oyster knives with openers A47G21/06)
A22C29/04 (Processing bivalves) appears on 110 US grants and 49 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 110
- Published applications
- 49
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 164
- Latest grant
- 7 May 2024
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| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and methods for mollusc processing7 May 2024US 11,974,582 B2Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership
- Oyster shucking apparatus5 Dec 2023US 11,832,626 B2EAST HAMPTON SHUCKER COMPANY, Inc.
- Oyster shucking clamp apparatus and method13 Jun 2023US 11,672,256 B2EAST HAMPTON SHUCKER COMPANY, Inc.
- Depuration system20 Dec 2022US 11,528,894 B2Saeplast Iceland Ehf
- Method for washing, sorting, counting and bagging shellfish5 Oct 2021US 11,134,695 B2Merry Shellfish Farm LLC
- Oyster shucking apparatus12 Mar 2026US 2026/0068897 A1EAST HAMPTON SHUCKER COMPANY, Inc.
- Oyster shucking apparatus8 Feb 2024US 2024/0041059 A1EAST HAMPTON SHUCKER COMPANY, Inc.
- Oyster shucking apparatus15 Jun 2023US 2023/0180773 A1EAST HAMPTON SHUCKER COMPANY, Inc.
- Apparatus and methods for mollusc processing8 Sep 2022US 2022/0279804 A1Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership
- Oyster shucking clamp apparatus and method17 Feb 2022US 2022/0046935 A1EAST HAMPTON SHUCKER COMPANY, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for segregating and separately recovering solids of different densities23US 4,375,264 ADoxsee Food Corp. · 1983
- Oyster board16US 4,059,870 AAmcar Industries, Ltd. · 1977
- Oyster shell separator16US 4,870,719 A1989
- Clam and oyster opener16US 5,482,500 A1996
- Shellfish opening tool14US 4,610,052 A1986