ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,578, issued on Nov. 18.

"Transgenic Cory" was invented by Alan Blake (Austin, Texas), Richard Crockett (Wilton, Conn.) and Aidas Nasevicius (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to transgenic ornamental fish, as well as methods of making such fish by germ cell transplantation techniques. Also disclosed are methods of establishing a population of such transgenic fish and methods of providing them to the ornamental fish industry for the purpose of marketing."

The patent was filed on May 10, 2024, under Application No. 18/660,825.

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