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Is a automatic pet feeder patented?

Short answer: specific designs of a automatic pet feeder have been patented many times, but "a automatic pet feeder" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.

What our index shows
  • 128 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “automaticprogrammablepetanimal feeder” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
  • Among the 121 best keyword matches we examined, 78 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2000.
  • Most frequent assignees in those matches: SHENZHEN LIBRO TECH CO LTD (6), DONGGUAN JIASHENG ENTPR CO LTD (6), DONGGUAN ZHIYIHONG HARDWARE & PLASTIC CO LTD (4), UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD (3).
  • Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A01K (120), A01M (5), Y02A (3), A23B (2).

Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.

14 real patent publications related to a automatic pet feeder

  1. Smart Automatic Pet Feeder with Refrigeration and Water Filtration US-2026130340-A1 2026 · PAUL YANES JOHN
    An automatic pet feeding and watering apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing containing a refrigerated food storage compartment and a separate refrigerated water reservoir. A thermoelectric cooling system is conf…
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  2. Automatic pet feeder US-12514222-B2 2026 · RELIABLE PET SOLUTIONS LLC
    An automatic pet feeding system contains a first hopper adapted to contain food and an inner second hopper adapted to receive food from the first hopper. A movable screw operably communicates with the second hopper, and is configu…
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  3. Fully automatic pet feeder with drying bin US-12495764-B1 2025 · SHENZHEN SHOUZHENG CHUQI TECH CO LTD
    The present disclosure provides a fully automatic pet feeder, comprising: a storage cabin is provided with a drying component for maintaining dryness in the storage cabin; a feed inlet of the feed distributing device is provided a…
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  4. Automatic pet feeder US-12022809-B2 2024 · JIANGSU ZHONGHENG PET ARTICLES JOINT STOCK CO LTD
    An automatic pet feeder includes a food container, a feeder body, and a bottom shell in sequence from top to bottom. A food-container bottom shell in communication with the food container is arranged at a bottom of the food contai…
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  5. Automatic pet feeder with intelligent push-pull and anti-cockroach functions US-11771055-B2 2023 · DONGGUAN ZHIYIHONG HARDWARE & PLASTIC CO LTD
    The present invention discloses an intelligent push-pull anti-cockroach automatic pet feeder, including a feeder main body, wherein the feeder main body includes a base, a driving device is arranged in the base, a base cover is ar…
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  6. Smart pet feeder US-2023240257-A1 2023 · HUIZHOU DU DU PET PRODUCTS CO LTD
    The present disclosure discloses a smart pet feeder, motor drives the rotating mechanism to rotate, and the rotating mechanism quantitatively pushes the pet food in the support into a sliding chute, and the pet food falls into the…
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  7. Automatic pet feeder with cooler US-2021144960-A1 2021 · TANEJA BRUCE ANURAG
    An automatic pet feeder with cooler has a compartmentalized serving tray and a thermoelectric cooling peltier device with a condensation collector. The tray rotates inside an insulated enclosure with an opening just sufficient to …
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  8. Automatic pet feeder US-2021022317-A1 2021 · MA JUN
    An automatic pet feeder includes a main housing, a food hopper, a food conveyance mechanism, a main control circuit module and a drive motor for the food conveyance mechanism. The food conveyance mechanism is configured to be a to…
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  9. Pet feeder US-2021037783-A1 2021 · SHUTTLEWORTH LEANNA
    A pet feeder that includes an automatic and programmable pet food dispenser and a puzzle tray having a pet food reception area for receiving the pet food from the automatic pet food dispenser, the puzzle tray permitting the pet to…
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  10. Hybrid automatic pet feeder employing ict and automatic pet feeding system using same WO-2020101086-A1 2020 · CHO BUN SUK
    The present invention provides a hybrid automatic pet feeder and an automatic pet feeding system using same, the hybrid automatic pet feeder comprising: a dry food supply part for storing and discharging dry food; a wet food suppl…
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  11. Automatic pet feeder having rotating food hopper and food leaking plate US-9560834-B2 2017 · TONGFU MFG CO LTD
    An automatic pet feeder includes a food hopper and a feeding tray; the hopper has a bottom larger than a top and includes a cylindrical rotating shaft located in the center, and a tapered outer wall. A grid is fixed between an out…
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  12. Insect-Proof Pet Feeder US-2016088816-A1 2016 · RAMIREZ PETER
    An insect-proof pet feeder prevents ants and other insects from accessing and contaminating pet food. The pet feeder contains a food feeder and water feeder with feeder lids. The food feeder automatically dispenses food into the f…
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  13. Automatic pet feeder US-7650855-B2 2010 · KRISHNAMURTHY SUNDARARAJAN
    An automatic pet feeder is provided for feeding pets predetermined quantity of food or medication at predetermined times while the owner is absent or otherwise engaged. The pet feeder comprises a base, a feeding bowl with pie shap…
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  14. Automatic pet feeder WO-2006095145-A3 2007 · REILOR HOLDINGS LTD
    A pet feeder comprising a casing (4) , a tray (30) for holding pet food disposed within the casing, a hinged lid (12,15) movable between a' closed position in which the lid (12,15) covers the tray (30) and an open position in …
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What this means for your idea

Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a automatic pet feeder been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Pet products are a popular invention category; differences tend to be in the attachment, the dispensing or cleaning mechanism, or added electronics.

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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.