Patents by Inventor Richard Luco Salman

Richard Luco Salman 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 net and flotation structure
    Patent number: 9439402
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of an aquaculture cage of the invention has a buoyant structure configured to float on a water surface, an aquaculture net portion made of a material that is corrodible by salt water and attached to the buoyant structure for positioning a top of the aquaculture net portion at a distance below the water surface, where the aquaculture net portion encloses an interior of the cage from the top of the aquaculture net portion to a bottom of the aquaculture net portion to retain marine life, and an upper enclosure portion enclosing space above the aquaculture net portion for preventing the marine life from escaping over the top of the aquaculture net portion, where the upper enclosure portion comprises a material that is substantially non-corrodible by salt water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: ECOSEA FARMING S.A.
    Inventors: Harold M. Stillman, Richard Luco Salman
  • AQUACULTURE NET AND FLOTATION STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20100050952
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of an aquaculture cage of the invention has a buoyant structure configured to float on a water surface, an aquaculture net portion made of a material that is corrodible by salt water and attached to the buoyant structure for positioning a top of the aquaculture net portion at a distance below the water surface, where the aquaculture net portion encloses an interior of the cage from the top of the aquaculture net portion to a bottom of the aquaculture net portion to retain marine life, and an upper enclosure portion enclosing space above the aquaculture net portion for preventing the marine life from escaping over the top of the aquaculture net portion, where the upper enclosure portion comprises a material that is substantially non-corrodible by salt water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL COPPER ASSOCIATION, LTD
    Inventors: Harold M. Stillman, Richard Luco Salman