Patents by Inventor Addison Lawrence

Addison Lawrence 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).

  • Patent number: 8985055
    Abstract: A shrimp aquaculture structure including a set of at least two raceways each having a length, width, and at least one depth to give an average depth, and including two ends, two side walls having a top, a sloped bottom joining each side wall at two side wall junctions. Some of five raceways may be stacked at least partially on top of another of the five raceways. According to another embodiment, the disclosure relates to a process of shrimp aquaculture by using the set of five raceways and sequentially transferring shrimp form one raceway to another once the shrimp reach a given average size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventor: Addison Lawrence
  • Patent number: 8336498
    Abstract: A shrimp aquaculture structure including a set of at least two raceways each having a length, width, and at least one depth to give an average depth, and including two ends, two side walls having a top, a sloped bottom joining each side wall at two side wall junctions. Some of five raceways may be stacked at least partially on top of another of the five raceways. According to another embodiment, the disclosure relates to a process of shrimp aquaculture by using the set of five raceways and sequentially transferring shrimp form one raceway to another once the shrimp reach a given average size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventor: Addison Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20120204801
    Abstract: According to a first aspect, the disclosure provides a shrimp aquaculture system containing a water container and floating feed for shrimp made of floating feed pellets. More specifically, the water containing may also contain water, such as a fresh water or saline water, including hyper saline water, and shrimp. In certain embodiments, at least 95% of the floating feed pellets may to remain on the surface of water for at least 1 minute after being placed on the water or may have an average specific gravity of between 0.1 and 1.1. According to a second aspect, the disclosure relates to a method of shrimp aquaculture including feeding floating feed to shrimp by placing the floating feed on water, such as fresh water or saline water, containing the shrimp. The floating feed may include at least 5% floating feed pellets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Addison Lawrence, Tom Zeigler
  • Publication number: 20100294202
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a shrimp aquaculture structure including a set of at least two raceways of increasing depth each having a length and width and including two ends, two side walls having a top, a sloped bottom joining each side wall at two side wall junctions. Some of five raceways may be stacked at least partially on top of another of the five raceways. According to another embodiment, the disclosure relates to a process of shrimp aquaculture by using the set of five raceways and sequentially transferring shrimp form one raceway to another once the shrimp reach a given average size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventor: Addison Lawrence