G01N 33/08
Eggs
Official title: Eggs, e.g. by candling
G01N33/08 (Eggs) appears on 164 US grants and 176 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 164
- Published applications
- 176
- Assignees
- 114
- Inventors
- 366
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4 | 6 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 11 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 |
| 2018 | 8 | 7 |
| 2019 | 11 | 13 |
| 2020 | 7 | 16 |
| 2021 | 4 | 17 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 |
| 2025 | 5 | 10 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and assembly for in-ovo sexing of bird eggs2 Jun 2026US 12,642,253 B2Technische UniversitäT Dresden
- Apparatus for analysis of eggs17 Feb 2026US 12,553,879 B2Viscon Group Holding B.V.
- Sex determination device and sex determination method6 Jan 2026US 12,514,235 B2Hitachi Solutions Create, Ltd.
- Device and method for in-ovo determination of the sex of a fertilised bird egg21 Oct 2025US 12,446,557 B2Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences and Arts
- Method for inspecting, as they pass, eggs placed in containers14 Oct 2025US 12,442,808 B2Egg-Chick Automated Technologies
- Method for detecting a gender of an embryonated egg, a related computing device and related system16 Jul 2026US 2026/0203897 A1Peggy Inc.
- Method for determining the gender of a chick18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168980 A1HatchTech Group B.V.
- Measuring system and method for non-invasive in-ovo sexing of a bird embryo in an egg in early embryonic development12 Mar 2026US 2026/0068859 A1Omegga GmbH
- Optically accessible system for studies on embryonated eggs26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056178 A1Politecnico Di Milano
- System and method of egg fertility and gender detection25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389705 A1Matrixspec Solutions Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Measurement of avian embryo movement in intact eggs47US 5,173,737 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · 1992
- Method and apparatus for distinguishing live from infertile poultry eggs41US 5,745,228 AEmbrex, Inc. · 1998
- Method and apparatus of distinguishing between live and dead poultry eggs40US 4,955,728 AEmbrex, Inc. · 1990
- Method and apparatus for selectively injecting poultry eggs39US 5,900,929 AEmbrex, Inc. · 1999
- Automatic sorting ovoscope37US 5,017,003 ABreuil, S.A. · 1991