Patents Assigned to Spring Innovation AS
  • Patent number: 12108743
    Abstract: A floatable structure has a cage with a surrounding wall and a bottom, the cage being arranged for fish farming. A surrounding skirt extends in a downward direction from the bottom, wherein at least a portion of the bottom from the skirt towards a center of the cage is tight. The portion of the bottom and the skirt forming a bottom section are arranged to be filled with a gas giving the floatable structure additional buoyancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Spring Innovation AS
    Inventor: Alf Reidar Sandstad
  • Publication number: 20220159935
    Abstract: A cage is for farming fish. The cage floats in a water column and the upper portion of the cage has a surrounding floating body arranged to float in a water surface. An enclosure is located between the upper portion and the lower portion of the cage, the enclosure being closed in its lower portion and forming an inside and an outside. The cage has a liquid-tight wall which is attached to the floating body and which extends from the water surface downwards in the water column. The liquid-tight wall forms a lower edge portion. The cage is provided, in its upper portion, with at least one flow booster for creating a circular water current within the liquid-tight wall. A method for creating an upward water current of fresh water within the cage is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Spring Innovation AS
    Inventor: Alf Reidar Sandstad
  • Publication number: 20220071179
    Abstract: A method is for assembly of a fish cage. The fish cage has a bottom unit having a buoyancy exceeding a weight of the bottom unit. The bottom unit has a body configured impermeable to water. The fish cage further has at least one wall element configured impermeable to water. The method includes providing the bottom unit on a surface of a water body. The method further includes connecting the at least one wall element to the body, thereby defining a spacing impermeably separated from the water body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Spring Innovation AS
    Inventor: Alf Reidar Sandstad
  • Publication number: 20220061277
    Abstract: A floatable structure has a cage with a surrounding wall and a bottom, the cage being arranged for fish farming. A surrounding skirt extends in a downward direction from the bottom, wherein at least a portion of the bottom from the skirt towards a center of the cage is tight. The portion of the bottom and the skirt forming a bottom section are arranged to be filled with a gas giving the floatable structure additional buoyancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Spring Innovation AS
    Inventor: Alf Reidar Sandstad
  • Patent number: PP26652
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Paulownia tree denominated ‘NRJNJF13.’ The invention is a rapidly-growing variety distinguished from its parent varieties in terms of flower color, time of bloom, seed pod size and shape, and rate of growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Spring Innovations
    Inventor: Dennis Beeson