ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,879, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to VISCON GROUP HOLDING B.V. (S'-Gravendeel, Netherlands).
"Apparatus for analysis of eggs" was invented by Wouter Sebastiaan Bruins (Leiden, Netherlands) and Wil Marijn Stutterheim (Leiden, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for the non-destructive determination of gender, developmental stage and/or viability of an avian embryo in an egg, comprising (a) detecting at least a first developmental marker compound selected from sugars and/or amino acids, precursors and metabolites thereof in an egg at a time period of from the beginning of the incubat...