Patents by Inventor Tyler R. Ortego

Tyler R. Ortego 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).

  • Mature modular reef
    Patent number: 9144228
    Abstract: Methods of reef construction are disclosed that include exposing a man-made scaffold to environmental conditions such that bivalve organisms grow on the man-made scaffold for a duration sufficient to create a scaffold having two generations of bivalve attachment. Certain methods involve moving the biologically accreted scaffold to a second location to serve as a reef or breakwater after substantial growth of bivalve organisms has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: ORA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler R Ortego, Matthew D. Campbell
  • MATURE MODULAR REEF
    Publication number: 20150264898
    Abstract: Methods of reef construction are disclosed that include exposing a man-made scaffold to environmental conditions such that bivalve organisms grow on the man-made scaffold for a duration sufficient to create a scaffold having two generations of bivalve attachment. Certain methods involve moving the biologically accreted scaffold to a second location to serve as a reef or breakwater after substantial growth of bivalve organisms has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: ORA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler R. Ortego, Matthew D. Campbell
  • Artificial material conducive to attract and grow oysters, mollusks or other productive and/or stabilizing organisms
    Patent number: 8312843
    Abstract: Structures constructed from an artificial material facilitate the setting and growing of oysters, other mollusks, and other organisms for the purposes of food production, artificial reefs/breakwaters, and the like. The artificial material is a composite that acts as both an attractant and nutrient environment for mollusks and other aquatic organisms. The binder for the composite material includes both cement and an organic material. The organic material is selected to attract and feed the aquatic organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: ORA Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler R. Ortego, Robert L. Beine, Steven G. Hall, Matthew D. Campbell