A01K 61/90
Sorting, grading, counting or marking live aquatic animals
Official title: Sorting, grading, counting or marking live aquatic animals, e.g. sex determination
A01K61/90 (Sorting, grading, counting or marking live aquatic animals) appears on 286 US grants and 366 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 286
- Published applications
- 366
- Assignees
- 207
- Inventors
- 708
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 7 |
| 2007 | 4 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14 |
| 2016 | 10 | 14 |
| 2017 | 6 | 30 |
| 2018 | 15 | 17 |
| 2019 | 11 | 18 |
| 2020 | 17 | 28 |
| 2021 | 13 | 34 |
| 2022 | 18 | 37 |
| 2023 | 25 | 40 |
| 2024 | 23 | 30 |
| 2025 | 33 | 24 |
| 2026 | 14 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Non-transitory computer readable storage, estimation method, and information processing device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,433 B2SoftBank Corp.
- Hatching system8 Sep 2026US 12,727,586 B2Alvestad AS
- Camera calibration for feeding behavior monitoring8 Sep 2026US 12,731,289 B2TidalX AI Inc.
- Methods and systems for deploying a payload from an aerial vehicle onto a target surface28 Jul 2026US 12,692,001 B2Ocean Alliance, Inc.
- Precast dam structure with flowpath19 May 2026US 12,630,990 B2W.L. French Hydropower Holdings LLC
- Information processing apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283122 A1NEC Corporation
- Tagging and culling system for fishing20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240125 A1
- Apparatus and method for fish tagging13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231910 A1Oregon State University
- Systems and methods for the cultivation and harvesting of aquatic animals30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215401 A1Rudder Industrial Holdings, LLC
- Information processing program, information processing apparatus, and information processing method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215402 A1SoftBank Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Syringe-implantable identification transponder164US 5,211,129 ADestron/IDI, Inc. · 1993
- Internally readable identifying tag98US 4,233,964 A1980
- Apparatus for the detection of magnetic tags96US 5,134,370 ANorthwest Marine Technology, Inc. · 1992
- System and method of migratory animal identification by fluorescence spectroscopy of element coded implanted tags, and tags used therein70US 4,392,236 AGuardsman Chemicals, Inc. · 1983
- Apparatus for measuring, weighing and counting fish48US 5,637,838 A1997