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Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2012
Applicant:

Embrex, Inc., Durham, NC (US);

Inventors:

Patricia V. Phelps, Carrboro, NC (US);

B. Alan Chalker, II, Durham, NC (US);

William Hayes Ferrell, III, Cary, NC (US);

John H. Hebrank, Durham, NC (US);

Benjamin Charles McDow, Seneca, SC (US);

Edward Atkinson Pomeroy, III, Easley, SC (US);

Jonathan Robertson, Greenville, SC (US);

Johnny Mark Townsend, Lauren, SC (US);

Assignee:

Embrex, Inc., Durham, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for processing eggs based upon a characteristic such as gender are provided. Material is extracted from each of a plurality of live eggs, the extracted material is assayed to identify eggs having the characteristic, and then eggs identified as having the characteristic are processed accordingly.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Phelps, Patricia. (2013). Methods and apparatus for selectively processing eggs having identified characteristics (U.S. Patent No. 8610018). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8610018

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