US Patent Issued to Nova-Tech Engineering on March 17 for "Poultry toe and claw positioning system and method" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,547, issued on March 17, was assigned to Nova-Tech Engineering LLC (Willmar, Minn.).

"Poultry toe and claw positioning system and method" was invented by Matthew H. Erickson (Spicer, Minn.), Austin Mueller (Atwater, Minn.), JadiMarie Hopp (Hector, Minn.), Derek Worcester (Willmar, Minn.), Christopher J. Strand (Willmar, Minn.), Dominic Oerter (Sunburg, Minn.) and Scott Schueler (Willmar, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Poultry toe and claw positioning systems and methods are described herein. The positioning systems and methods may be used to separate and precisely locate the forward-facing toes and claws of birds."

The patent...