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

Filing statistics

IPC A01K 61/00 belongs to the parent subclass A01K, which recorded 349,334 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 17,447 in 2013 to 34,658 in 2023 (+99%), peaking at 40,855 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class A01 are CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (6,725 applications), JOHN DEERE (6,555 applications) and MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY (6,280 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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

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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