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A22B 1/00

Apparatus for fettering animals to be slaughtered

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
Subclass:
SLAUGHTERING

Filing statistics

IPC A22B 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass A22B, which recorded 6,929 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 323 in 2013 to 784 in 2023 (+143%), peaking at 830 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class A22 are NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER & COMPANY (499 applications), MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY (372 applications) and MAYEKAWA MANUFACTURING COMPANY (282 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

fettering ANIMAL(S) for slaughterCONSTRAINING animals for slaughterFETTERING animals for slaughter

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A22, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER & COMPANY DE 499
  2. MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY NL 372
  3. MAYEKAWA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 282
  4. ZHEJIANG OCEAN UNIVERSITY 192
  5. POLY-CLIP SYSTEM & COMPANY DE 157
  6. MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING NL 155
  7. ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK & COMPANY DE 143
  8. LINCO FOOD SYSTEMS DK 138
  9. FOODMATE NL 129
  10. GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL NL 129