IPC Main Group
A01K 61/00 Culture of aquatic animals
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2017
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- Subclass:
- ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
Additional Content
Receptacles for live fish, e.g. aquaria
Related Keywords
culture of CRAYFISHculture of FISHculture of LOBSTER(S)culture of MUSSELSculture of OYSTERSculture of PEARL(S)PISCICULTUREculture of SPONGES
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A01K 61/1 of fish
- A01K 61/2 of zooplankton, e.g. water fleas or Rotatoria
- A01K 61/3 of sponges, sea urchins or sea cucumbers
- A01K 61/4 of annelids, e.g. lugworms or Eunice
- A01K 61/5 of shellfish
- A01K 61/6 Floating cultivation devices, e.g. rafts or floating fish-farms
- A01K 61/7 Artificial fishing banks or reefs
- A01K 61/8 Feeding devices
- A01K 61/9 Sorting, grading, counting or marking live aquatic animals, e.g. sex determination
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 6,725
- JOHN DEERE US 6,555
- MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY US 6,280
- DOW AGROSCIENCES US 5,260
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 5,106
- PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL US 4,609
- KUBOTA CORPORATION 4,458
- SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS CH 4,341
- BAYER CROPSCIENCE DE 4,305
- CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA US 4,024