Patent landscapes › gps dog collar
Patent landscapes › Pets
Is a gps dog collar patented?
Short answer: specific designs of a gps dog collar have been patented many times, but "a gps dog collar" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.
What our index shows
- 62 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “petdoganimaltrackertrackinggps” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
- Among the 15 best keyword matches we examined, 4 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2000.
- Most frequent assignees in those matches: RADIO SYSTEMS CORP (2), TRUPANION INC (2), SCIARRA MICHAEL (1), Miethner Creative Group LLC (1).
- Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A01K (13), G08B (8), G01S (3), H02K (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.
13 real patent publications related to a gps dog collar
- Pet Harness with GPS US-2025221383-A1 2025 · Miethner Creative Group LLC
A pet harness system featuring GPS tracking capabilities and is configured to secure a pet safely and comfortably within the harness. More specifically, the pet harness includes a housing to retain a gps tracking device which is c…
View on Google Patents - Pet tracking device assembly WO-2024159268-A1 2024 · Ceres Tag Ltd
A pet tracking device assembly comprising: a housing comprising a housing body that is adapted to be detachably attached to a pet collar strap by a retaining assembly; the housing body comprising an internal volume for at least on…
View on Google Patents - Motion powered pet tracker system and method US-11737426-B2 2023 · TRUPANION INC
A pet tracking device, system and method using a kinetic motion energy generator to generate electrical energy that is used to power a pet tracking mechanism are provided. The pet tracking device may include a housing on a wearabl…
View on Google Patents - Pet tracking assembly US-11213010-B1 2022 · LEWIS DAVID
A pet tracking assembly includes a collar that is wearable around a neck of a pet. A light emitter is coupled to the collar to emit light outwardly from the collar when the light emitter is turned on. A monitoring unit is integrat…
View on Google Patents - An animal collar tracking controller unit having a wifi authentication sensor WO-2019220314-A1 2019 · ASHWIN TERRENCE KEITH
An animal tracking collar having a wireless communication identification sensor, the sensor comprising a wifi BSSID combined with programmable SSID data, wherein the BSSID in combination the programmable data is configurable to id…
View on Google Patents - Pet tracking device US-9861080-B1 2018 · NETGEAR INC
The present invention is generally directed to a pet tracking device that receives and transmits wireless signals indicative of the location of the pet tracking device. The pet tracking device has a body including a power source a…
View on Google Patents - Integrated dog tracking and stimulus delivery system WO-2015106133-A1 2015 · RADIO SYSTEMS CORP
A system and apparatus to track and control an animal is described, including a tracking unit to track the animal, and a stimulus unit to provide a stimulus to the animal, wherein the tracking unit and stimulus unit are configured…
View on Google Patents - Magnetic tracking collar deactivator US-8766792-B1 2014 · MCCANDLESS MELVIN
A storage device operable to store a plurality of radio signal emitting tracking collars wherein subsequent the tracking collars being engaged with the storage device the storage device operably engages the magnetic switch of the …
View on Google Patents - Self-charging power controlled system for locating animals by gps US-2012206296-A1 2012 · WAN LAWRENCE A
A portable tracking unit attached to a movable object, such as an animal's collar, includes a GPS receiver to receive GPS signals from multiple satellites for use in multilateration calculations in determining the current posi…
View on Google Patents - Pet tracking systems, other tracking systems, and portable virtual fence US-7411492-B2 2008 · GREENBERG STEPHEN JAY
A tracking system includes a global positioning system (GPS) module and a modem for mobile communications both attached to a pet (or other trackee), and a virtual fence (which includes a base station sending a signal to a certain …
View on Google Patents - Animal tracking and containment system US-2008272920-A1 2008 · BROWN STEPHEN J
A system, apparatus and method for tracking and containing animals within a programmable and customizable confinement area are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a user programmable device is provided that is capable o…
View on Google Patents - Pet tracking collar US-6970090-B1 2005 · SCIARRA MICHAEL
A pet tracking collar comprises a length of clear flexible tubing having a fastener adapted to fasten around the pet. Hermetically sealed within the tubing is an electrical ribbon cable extending through the length thereof. A plur…
View on Google Patents - Acoustic annunciator for audio tracking collars US-6069844-A 2000 · INNOTEK PET PRODUCTS INC
An acoustic annunciator which includes resonating cavity, a piezoelectric element, and a folded horn which are each selected to have a different resonance frequency so as to expand the frequency range of the output of the annuncia…
View on Google Patents
What this means for your idea
Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a gps dog collar 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.
Or get the full $99 report: top 10 references charted feature by feature, in 24 hours.
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.