CPC technology class · A22

A22B - Slaughtering

Slaughtering. 381 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

381
US patents granted: #2/2
in A22: 22.1%
A22 class share: -7%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Slaughtering ranks #564 of 670 CPC technology areas - 381 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume down 7% over five years.

#564
of 670 CPC technology areas: 381
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Bettcher Industries
leading assignee (30): -7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How A22B's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, A22B recorded 165 grants versus 177 in 2015–2019 (-7% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2017 at 46 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 26 (+77% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Bettcher Industries, Inc. holds 7.9% of the class ; the top three share 17.8%.

Leaderboard read

A22B concentration, lead at 7.9%

Bettcher Industries, Inc. leads this historical grant record at 7.9% of A22B - us corporation assignees hold 50% of class grants (124 of 246). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 7.9%
Top three share: 17.8%
Lead over #2: 9

Where A22B sits inside A22

Among 2 subclasses in A22 (BUTCHERING; Meat TREATMENT; Processing Poultry OR Fish), A22B ranks #2 and holds 22.1% of the parent class's 1,724 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

A22C 1,343

Rising assignees active in A22B

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

#1 Marel Meat B.V. 3.33x 3 → 10 company-wide · 10 in A22B
#2 Safe Foods Corporation 2.14x 7 → 15 company-wide · 5 in A22B
#3 Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH & Co. KG 1.14x 21 → 24 company-wide · 13 in A22B
#4 Bettcher Industries, Inc. 1.07x 14 → 15 company-wide · 30 in A22B
#5 Humboldt B.V. 1.00x 2 → 2 company-wide · 8 in A22B

A22B grants by year, peak 2017 (46)

US utility-patent grants per year in A22B, 2015–2025 - recent five years are down 7% versus 2015–2019.

Bettcher Industries

30
Jarvis Products

21
Meyn Food Processing…

17
Nordischer Maschinenba…

13
Mayekawa Mfg

10
Foodmate B V

10
Marel Meat B V

10
Hantover

8
Humboldt B V

8
Morris & Associates

7
John Bean

6
Marel Stork Poultry…

6

What this shows Bettcher Industries is the most active filer in A22B, holding 30 of the 381 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

View data table

Top patent holders in CPC subclass A22B
Rank	Company	Patents in A22B
#1	Bettcher Industries, Inc.	30
#2	Jarvis Products Corporation	21
#3	Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.	17
#4	Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH & Co. KG	13
#5	Mayekawa MFG. Co., Ltd.	10
#6	Foodmate B.V.	10
#7	Marel Meat B.V.	10
#8	Hantover, Inc.	8
#9	Humboldt B.V.	8
#10	Morris & Associates, Inc.	7
#11	John Bean Technologies Corporation	6
#12	Marel Stork Poultry Processing B.V.	6
#13	Linco Food Systems A/S	6
#14	Marel Poultry B.V.	6
#15	Marel Meat Processing B.V.	6
#16	CSB-System AG	6
#17	Safe Foods Corporation	5
#18	Hall Fabrication, Inc.	5
#19	Naturally Recycled Proteins, LLC	4
#20	Innopix, Inc.	4

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading A22B assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 A22B assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in A22B. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Questions about A22B

Which company holds the most patents in A22B?

Bettcher Industries, Inc. leads A22B with 30 patents (7.9% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 50% of class grants.

Which A22B assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in A22B, Marel Meat B.V. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (3.33x: 3 grants in 2019–2021 → 10 in 2022–2024) while holding 10 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does A22B compare inside parent class A22?

Inside A22 (BUTCHERING; Meat TREATMENT; Processing Poultry OR Fish), A22B ranks #2 of 2 subclasses by grant volume and holds 22.1% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is A22C (1,343 grants).

What to do with this data

A22B in context - here's where to go next.

Bettcher Industries, Inc. leads A22B with 30 grants in this class. See full portfolio
A22B ranks #564 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class A22, the largest sibling subclass is A22C with 1,343 grants. Explore A22C

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - A22B figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (381 grants in the tracked window).

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