Y02A 40/81
Aquaculture
Official title: Aquaculture, e.g. of fish
Y02A40/81 (Aquaculture) appears on 1,865 US grants and 2,060 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y02A- Granted patents
- 1,865
- Published applications
- 2,060
- Assignees
- 1,211
- Inventors
- 4,488
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 27 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | 27 | 0 |
| 1981 | 25 | 0 |
| 1982 | 20 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 20 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 24 | 0 |
| 1990 | 31 | 0 |
| 1991 | 33 | 0 |
| 1992 | 35 | 0 |
| 1993 | 23 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 19 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 27 | 0 |
| 1998 | 43 | 0 |
| 1999 | 31 | 0 |
| 2000 | 36 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33 | 7 |
| 2002 | 38 | 36 |
| 2003 | 44 | 52 |
| 2004 | 31 | 44 |
| 2005 | 23 | 45 |
| 2006 | 22 | 73 |
| 2007 | 21 | 41 |
| 2008 | 25 | 65 |
| 2009 | 21 | 56 |
| 2010 | 31 | 65 |
| 2011 | 22 | 56 |
| 2012 | 38 | 57 |
| 2013 | 32 | 75 |
| 2014 | 50 | 61 |
| 2015 | 40 | 98 |
| 2016 | 50 | 91 |
| 2017 | 49 | 100 |
| 2018 | 65 | 110 |
| 2019 | 48 | 106 |
| 2020 | 97 | 136 |
| 2021 | 73 | 131 |
| 2022 | 72 | 162 |
| 2023 | 126 | 159 |
| 2024 | 99 | 117 |
| 2025 | 92 | 69 |
| 2026 | 40 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Pet feeder using original feed packaging bag as main container25 Aug 2026US 12,714,065 B2
- Enhanced controller synchronization verification25 Aug 2026US 12,720,206 B2TidalX AI Inc.
- Velvet disease detection device, system and method18 Aug 2026US 12,710,420 B2Mote Marine Laboratory
- Method for rearing Artemias, feed for Artemia, Artemia and Artemia population11 Aug 2026US 12,702,120 B2Nissui Corporation
- Spiral-pump for treating food items16 Jun 2026US 12,653,201 B2Lambhusasund Ehf.
- Method for Inducing Artificial hibernation of Fish and Method of Transporting Artificially Hibernated Fish27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248111 A1F.I.S.H., LLC
- Process and device for delivering quantity-adjusted feed to an aquaculture system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240124 A1Blue Planet Ecosystems GmbH
- Machine vision-based method for estimating inner wall depth of facility-based crab aquaculture cage20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245225 A1China Agricultural University
- Use of snp site combination of litopenaeus vannamei in trait evaluation of mixed-family culture, and probe and kit6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226541 A1Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute (Ysfri), Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (Cafs)
- Systems and methods for the cultivation and harvesting of aquatic animals30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215401 A1Rudder Industrial Holdings, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic feeder695US 5,037,018 ASeikosha Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Process for the heterotrophic production of microbial products with high concentrations of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids354US 5,130,242 APhycotech, Inc. · 1992
- Bioluminescent novelty items261US 5,876,995 A1999
- Products for topical applications comprising oil bodies182US 6,599,513 B2SemBioSys Genetics Inc. · 2003
- Products for topical applications comprising oil bodies166US 6,372,234 B1SemBioSys Genetics Inc. · 2002