US Patent Issued to ALVESTAD AS on Sept. 8 for "Hatching system" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,586, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ALVESTAD AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Hatching system" was invented by Runar Alvestad (Oslo, Norway) and Morten Ertsaas (Raelingen, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting and retrieving selected specimens from a water containing hatching tray. The system includes retrieving unit including a tube having a width comparable to the size of the specimens to be retrieved, the tube end being configured to be positioned in the water, and a pump device that pumps water and specimens from the tray. It also includes a robot unit moving the retrieving unit in a predetermined path related to a ...