CPC Subclass Not Allocatable
A01M CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS (appliances for catching swarms or drone-catching A01K57/00; fishing A01K69/00 - ; biocides, pest repellants or attractants A01N); APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
Description
A01M encompasses apparatus and methods for capturing, controlling, or eliminating animals and unwanted plants, covering both intentional wildlife management and pest control applications. This subclass includes mechanical traps, snares, nets, and similar devices for capturing live animals; scaring or deterrent mechanisms such as acoustic or visual repellents; and machinery designed to destroy harmful organisms including insects, rodents, weeds, and other agricultural pests. The classification spans from traditional hunting and trapping equipment to modern integrated pest management systems and agricultural implements used for plant destruction.
18 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A01M 1/00 Stationary means for catching or killing insects
- A01M 11/00 Special adaptations or arrangements of combined liquid- and powder-spraying apparatus for purposes covered by this subclass
- A01M 13/00 Fumigators; Apparatus for distributing gases
- A01M 15/00 Flame-throwers specially adapted for purposes covered by this subclass
- A01M 17/00 Apparatus for the destruction of vermin in soil or in foodstuffs
- A01M 19/00 Apparatus for the destruction of noxious animals, other than insects, by hot water, steam, hot air, or electricity
- A01M 21/00 Apparatus for the destruction of unwanted vegetation, e.g. weeds (control of undesirable vegetation on roads or permanent ways of railways E01H11/00)
- A01M 2200/00 Kind of animal
- A01M 23/00 Traps for animals
- A01M 25/00 Devices for dispensing poison for animals (A01M27/00 takes precedence; for insects A01M1/20)
- A01M 27/00 Apparatus having projectiles or killing implements projected to kill the animal, e.g. pierce or shoot, and triggered thereby
- A01M 29/00 Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus
- A01M 3/00 Manual implements, other than sprayers or powder distributors, for catching or killing insects, e.g. butterfly nets
- A01M 31/00 Hunting appliances
- A01M 5/00 Catching insects in fields, gardens, or forests by movable appliances
- A01M 7/00 Special adaptations or arrangements of liquid-spraying apparatus for purposes covered by this subclass
- A01M 9/00 Special adaptations or arrangements of powder-spraying apparatus for purposes covered by this subclass
- A01M 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass