Patents
US 8033044 B2: Bycatch-friendly fishing buoy
- Granted
- 2011-10-11
- Filed
- 2009-10-27 application 12606959
- Type
- Utility · 23 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A fishing buoy for reducing injury or premature mortality in target fish species and endangered or protected bycatch includes: After a fish or bycatch strike the trigger changes the transmitter state to provide an indication that a strike has occurred, the leader and transmitter are decoupled, and the leader is free to rotate around the central axis without entangling the anchor or other underwater restraining device.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg111011.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOTE MARINE LABORATORY, INC 9 patents | US company or organization | Sarasota, FL | MOTE MARINE LABORATORY, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state MOTE MARINE LABORATORY Nonprofit FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan R. Hails | Osprey, FL | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Peter Thomas Hull | Sarasota, FL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Dean Dougherty | Sarasota, FL | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A01K | Animal husbandry; aviculture; apiculture; pisciculture; fishing; rearing or breeding animals, not otherwise provided for; new breeds of animals | A01K91/10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10-28 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | DOUGHERTY, DEAN signed 2009-10-27 HAILS, ALAN ROBERT signed 2009-10-27 HULL, PETER THOMAS signed 2009-10-27 | MOTE MARINE LABORATORY, INC. SARASOTA, FL | 23434/410 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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