A01K 61/60
Floating cultivation devices
Official title: Floating cultivation devices, e.g. rafts or floating fish-farms
A01K61/60 (Floating cultivation devices) appears on 318 US grants and 354 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 318
- Published applications
- 354
- Assignees
- 208
- Inventors
- 621
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 1 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13 |
| 2011 | 4 | 12 |
| 2012 | 6 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 |
| 2015 | 5 | 14 |
| 2016 | 12 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12 |
| 2018 | 11 | 18 |
| 2019 | 12 | 31 |
| 2020 | 22 | 40 |
| 2021 | 22 | 32 |
| 2022 | 18 | 31 |
| 2023 | 22 | 23 |
| 2024 | 13 | 15 |
| 2025 | 24 | 15 |
| 2026 | 6 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Adjustable aquaculture apparatus21 Jul 2026US 12,686,471 B2The University of Southern Mississippi
- Environmental treatment distribution systems and methods14 Apr 2026US 12,599,116 B2Lillianah Technologies Inc.
- Robotic oyster aquaculture system, technique, and intelligent cage hoister31 Mar 2026US 12,588,663 B1
- Variable buoyancy platform for aquaculture farming and method of operating the same3 Mar 2026US 12,564,177 B2751330 NB Inc.
- System and methods for oceanic and atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate management, algal fostering, and initiation and maintenance of fisheries by deeper nutrient rich water pumping3 Mar 2026US 12,565,873 B2
- A cage system and a method of rearing fish in a submerged cage1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293861 A1Elska Seafood AS
- Environmental treatment distribution systems and methods20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240126 A1Lillianah Technologies Inc.
- Device for transport and treatment of liquid20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241347 A1Searas AS
- Fish farming enclosure16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198465 A1Alfa Laval Corporate AB
- Method for solving motion response of moored aquaculture cage under irregular wave action16 Jul 2026US 2026/0203485 A1South China University of Technology
Most cited
By later US patents
- Aquatic cage and method63US 5,009,189 A1991
- Method and device for practicing marine aquaculture45US 4,257,350 A1981
- Anchorable mobile spar and ring fish pen43US 5,617,813 AOcean Spar Technologies, LLC · 1997
- Multi-function field-deployable resource harnessing apparatus and methods of manufacture41US 7,612,735 B22009
- Apparatus utilizing deep ocean nutrients39US 4,051,810 A1977