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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony David Goodson, Loughborough, GB;
Bryan Woodward, Loughborough, GB;
Darryl Newborough, Swadlincote, GB;
Assignee:
Loughborough University Innovations Ltd, Loughborough, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 6/100 ; A01K 7/302 ; A01K 7/902 ; H04B 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 6/100 ; A01K 7/302 ; A01K 7/902 ; H04B 1/02 ;
Abstract
Acoustic devices, attached to fishing nets, reduce or avoid by-catch of marine animals during fishing operations. The acoustic devices emit a deterrent signal to a particular marine animal on actuation by the approach of the animal. At least one of the devices is an active device that detects marine animal emitted stimuli and responds with a suitable response emission.