A01K 61/00
Culture of aquatic animals
Official title: Culture of aquatic animals (receptacles for live fish, e.g. aquaria, A01K63/00)
A01K61/00 (Culture of aquatic animals) appears on 1,684 US grants and 1,766 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 1,684
- Published applications
- 1,766
- Assignees
- 1,023
- Inventors
- 3,695
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 15 | 0 |
| 1977 | 27 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | 27 | 0 |
| 1981 | 26 | 0 |
| 1982 | 20 | 0 |
| 1983 | 17 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 18 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 23 | 0 |
| 1990 | 34 | 0 |
| 1991 | 33 | 0 |
| 1992 | 34 | 0 |
| 1993 | 23 | 0 |
| 1994 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 19 | 0 |
| 1998 | 39 | 0 |
| 1999 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | 32 | 0 |
| 2001 | 26 | 4 |
| 2002 | 28 | 21 |
| 2003 | 33 | 37 |
| 2004 | 21 | 31 |
| 2005 | 23 | 33 |
| 2006 | 18 | 51 |
| 2007 | 17 | 27 |
| 2008 | 18 | 38 |
| 2009 | 19 | 36 |
| 2010 | 21 | 51 |
| 2011 | 20 | 38 |
| 2012 | 29 | 35 |
| 2013 | 20 | 60 |
| 2014 | 40 | 47 |
| 2015 | 33 | 78 |
| 2016 | 45 | 69 |
| 2017 | 37 | 95 |
| 2018 | 50 | 96 |
| 2019 | 44 | 109 |
| 2020 | 85 | 139 |
| 2021 | 77 | 128 |
| 2022 | 72 | 137 |
| 2023 | 104 | 125 |
| 2024 | 92 | 108 |
| 2025 | 99 | 97 |
| 2026 | 52 | 76 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A01K 61/10Culture of aquatic animals: of fish478
- A01K 61/50Culture of aquatic animals: of shellfish421
- A01K 61/80Feeding devices362
- A01K 61/60Floating cultivation devices318
- A01K 61/90Sorting, grading, counting or marking live aquatic animals286
- A01K 61/70Artificial fishing banks or reefs200
- A01K 61/20Culture of aquatic animals: of zooplankton41
- A01K 61/30Culture of aquatic animals: of sponges, sea urchins or sea cucumbers10
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Recent patents
- Non-transitory computer readable storage, estimation method, and information processing device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,433 B2SoftBank Corp.
- Rotating filter assembly and method of use in aquaculture29 Sep 2026US 12,745,760 B1
- Hatching system8 Sep 2026US 12,727,586 B2Alvestad AS
- Restoration units and method8 Sep 2026US 12,729,497 B2The Davey Tree Expert Company
- Camera calibration for feeding behavior monitoring8 Sep 2026US 12,731,289 B2TidalX AI Inc.
- Animal treatment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305585 A1TidalX AI Inc.
- A cage system and a method of rearing fish in a submerged cage1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293861 A1Elska Seafood AS
- Substrate, device and method of growing corals1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293862 A1V-Corals Ltd.
- Mushroom and plant cultivation system with spore-filtered gas exchange24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283088 A1
- A biodegradable substrate for growth accommodation of oysters and/or oyster larvae24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283121 A1Oyster Heaven IP B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic feeder695US 5,037,018 ASeikosha Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Syringe-implantable identification transponder164US 5,211,129 ADestron/IDI, Inc. · 1993
- Hydroculture crop production system125US 5,121,708 A1992
- Method and apparatus for growing seafood in commercially significant quantities on land105US 4,137,868 A1979
- Internally readable identifying tag98US 4,233,964 A1980