Patents by Inventor Michael J. Ostaffe

Michael J. Ostaffe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aquaculture lighting devices and methods
    Patent number: 9433194
    Abstract: A lighting assembly for enhancing the growth of aquatic life in an ecosystem and method of enhancing the growth of aquatic life in such an ecosystem. The assembly includes a vessel submerged within water of the ecosystem. A substrate is disposed within and surrounded by the vessel and provides electronics to provide a conditioned current to a plurality of light emitting diodes also contained on the substrate. The light emitting diodes emit light within the water of the ecosystem that provides for growth, not only in a larger volume of the ecosystem, but in addition enhances the growth of the aquatic life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ONCE Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Zdenko Grajcar, Michael J. Ostaffe