US Patent Issued on Sept. 29 for "Poultry body size data acquisition system" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,759, issued on Sept. 29.

"Poultry body size data acquisition system" was invented by Xianyao Li (Tai'an City, China), Liangyu Chen (Tai'an City, China), Meng Liang (Jinan City, China), Yanan Zhao (Jinan City, China), Jiming Liu (Jinan City, China), Yuanmei Wang (Tai'an City, China), Baishun Ma (Jinan City, China), Liying Liu (Tai'an City, China) and Youzhi Li (Jinan City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention introduces a system for acquiring data on poultry body size, utilizing a baseplate for immobilization. After positioning the poultry, the system adjusts a fixing device on a rod to secure the poultry's knee joints ...