Methods and apparatus for selectively processing eggs having identified characteristics

US8610018B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Embrex, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Patricia V. Phelps · Carrboro, US
• B. Alan Chalker, II · Durham, US
• William Hayes Ferrell, III · Cary, US
• John H. Hebrank · Durham, US
• Benjamin Charles McDow · Seneca, US
• Edward Atkinson Pomeroy, III · Piedmont, US
• Jonathan Robertson · Greenville, US
• Johnny Mark Townsend · Marion, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 25, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B07C2501/0081
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.