A01K 63/00
Receptacles for live fish
Official title: Receptacles for live fish, e.g. aquaria (keepnets or other containers for keeping captured fish A01K97/20); Terraria
A01K63/00 (Receptacles for live fish) appears on 2,506 US grants and 2,171 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01K- Granted patents
- 2,506
- Published applications
- 2,171
- Assignees
- 1,020
- Inventors
- 3,987
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 39 | 0 |
| 1978 | 35 | 0 |
| 1979 | 28 | 0 |
| 1980 | 39 | 0 |
| 1981 | 32 | 0 |
| 1982 | 23 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
| 1985 | 26 | 0 |
| 1986 | 20 | 0 |
| 1987 | 31 | 0 |
| 1988 | 27 | 0 |
| 1989 | 36 | 0 |
| 1990 | 36 | 0 |
| 1991 | 70 | 0 |
| 1992 | 66 | 0 |
| 1993 | 58 | 0 |
| 1994 | 51 | 0 |
| 1995 | 44 | 0 |
| 1996 | 44 | 0 |
| 1997 | 42 | 0 |
| 1998 | 62 | 0 |
| 1999 | 56 | 0 |
| 2000 | 60 | 0 |
| 2001 | 57 | 7 |
| 2002 | 53 | 31 |
| 2003 | 45 | 43 |
| 2004 | 46 | 75 |
| 2005 | 39 | 76 |
| 2006 | 55 | 93 |
| 2007 | 50 | 98 |
| 2008 | 40 | 82 |
| 2009 | 53 | 110 |
| 2010 | 55 | 77 |
| 2011 | 42 | 77 |
| 2012 | 52 | 76 |
| 2013 | 41 | 69 |
| 2014 | 65 | 85 |
| 2015 | 44 | 111 |
| 2016 | 64 | 80 |
| 2017 | 67 | 102 |
| 2018 | 59 | 96 |
| 2019 | 65 | 126 |
| 2020 | 90 | 130 |
| 2021 | 78 | 113 |
| 2022 | 87 | 91 |
| 2023 | 82 | 107 |
| 2024 | 79 | 89 |
| 2025 | 63 | 80 |
| 2026 | 57 | 47 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A01K 63/04Arrangements for treating water specially adapted to receptacles for live fish1,485
- A01K 63/003Aquaria692
- A01K 63/06Arrangements for heating or lighting in, or attached to, receptacles for live414
- A01K 63/02Receptacles specially adapted for transporting live fish149
- A01K 63/10Cleaning bottoms or walls of ponds or receptacles143
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