ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,003, issued on Nov. 4.

"Transgenic angelfish" was invented by Aidas Nasevicius (Tampa, Fla.).

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

The patent was filed on Sept. 30, 2024, under Application No. 18/902,255.

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