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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2004
Applicant:
Stephen P. Wolfe, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventor:
Stephen P. Wolfe, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Embrex, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 45/00 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An egg is accelerated such that the inner and outer shell membranes separate and allow the air cell to move within the egg when the egg is repositioned. By separating the outer and inner shell membranes of an egg, the air cell will reposition itself at the upper portion of the egg shell. An egg may be accelerated in various ways according to embodiments of the present invention including, but not limited to, agitation, 'flicking' by hand, spinning, rotating, centrifuging, etc.