US Patent Issued to The University of New South Wales on April 14 for "Fish transfer system and method" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,132, issued on April 14, was assigned to The University of New South Wales (Sydney).

"Fish transfer system and method" was invented by William Leslie Peirson (New South Wales, Australia), John Hamlyn Harris (Bootawa, Australia) and Stefan Markus Felder (Frenchs Forest, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system and method for transferring fish past a barrier between an upper and lower body of water, including an inlet conduit 11 connecting the upper body to a transfer chamber 13 adjacent the lower body, a delivery conduit 15 connecting the transfer chamber 13 to a level above the surface of the upper body, a valv...