A01K 61/50
Culture of aquatic animals: of shellfish
Official title: of shellfish (A01K61/30, A01K61/40 take precedence)
A01K61/50 (Culture of aquatic animals: of shellfish) appears on 421 US grants and 452 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 421
- Published applications
- 452
- Assignees
- 302
- Inventors
- 1,038
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 10 | 13 |
| 2004 | 4 | 9 |
| 2005 | 5 | 14 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16 |
| 2007 | 5 | 9 |
| 2008 | 10 | 18 |
| 2009 | 5 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6 | 19 |
| 2011 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10 |
| 2013 | 4 | 17 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12 |
| 2015 | 11 | 19 |
| 2016 | 10 | 18 |
| 2017 | 10 | 25 |
| 2018 | 9 | 25 |
| 2019 | 9 | 30 |
| 2020 | 22 | 36 |
| 2021 | 23 | 25 |
| 2022 | 15 | 33 |
| 2023 | 20 | 21 |
| 2024 | 17 | 22 |
| 2025 | 19 | 23 |
| 2026 | 14 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Restoration units and method8 Sep 2026US 12,729,497 B2The Davey Tree Expert Company
- Oyster cage flipping system1 Sep 2026US 12,721,324 B2University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
- Fremyella diplosiphon as a nutritional feed supplement for aquaculture1 Sep 2026US 12,721,364 B2Morgan State University
- Method for rearing Artemias, feed for Artemia, Artemia and Artemia population11 Aug 2026US 12,702,120 B2Nissui Corporation
- Multi-function device for intensive shrimp farming, intensive shrimp farming pond using this device and method for operating this pond14 Jul 2026US 12,677,807 B2
- A biodegradable substrate for growth accommodation of oysters and/or oyster larvae24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283121 A1Oyster Heaven IP B.V.
- System and method for shellfish aquafarming17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271892 A1Summit Oysters Ltd.
- Feed for larvae of aquatic animals17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271970 A1Planktonic AS
- Aquaculture device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248112 A1SeaScale LLC
- Machine vision-based method for estimating inner wall depth of facility-based crab aquaculture cage20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245225 A1China Agricultural University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for growing seafood in commercially significant quantities on land105US 4,137,868 A1979
- Aquatic cage and method63US 5,009,189 A1991
- Connection device53US 7,690,856 B2Praktisk Teknologi AS · 2010
- Partitioned aquaculture system47US 6,192,833 B1Clemson University · 2001
- Method of fish farming42US 4,116,164 AAir Products and Chemicals, Inc. · 1978