IPC Main Group
A01K 1/00 Housing animals; Equipment therefor
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- Subclass:
- ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
Related Keywords
housing of ANIMAL(S)CAGES for animalshusbandry of CATTLEHOUSES for animals or birdsHOUSING(S) of animals or birdsLAYSTALLS for cowsPEN(S) for animals or birdsSTABLES
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A01K 1/01 Removal of dung or urine
- A01K 1/015 Floor coverings, e.g. bedding-down sheets
- A01K 1/02 Pigsties; Dog-kennels; Rabbit-hutches or the like
- A01K 1/04 Tethering-poles or the like
- A01K 1/06 Devices for fastening animals, e.g. halters, toggles, neck-bars or chain fastenings
- A01K 1/08 Arrangements for simultaneously releasing several animals
- A01K 1/1 Feed racks
- A01K 1/12 Milking stations
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 6,725
- JOHN DEERE US 6,555
- MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY US 6,280
- DOW AGROSCIENCES US 5,260
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 5,106
- PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL US 4,609
- KUBOTA CORPORATION 4,458
- SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS CH 4,341
- BAYER CROPSCIENCE DE 4,305
- CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA US 4,024