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Patent No.:
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.