ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,095, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to IMV TECHNOLOGIES (Saint Ouen sur Iton, France).
"Assembly for handling multiple straws for packaging animal semen" was invented by Eric Schmitt (Villaines-la-Juhel, France), Jean-Louis Douesnel (Breteuil-sur-Iton, France) and Jean-Charles Gorges (Chenay, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assembly for handbag multiple straws for packaging animal semen, each having a predetermined diameter and a predetermined length, comprising a freezing ramp (4) that has a rim and a bottom surrounding a central free space (5), said bottom comprising two toothed walls (11, 25) which extend longitudinally alo...