US Patent Issued to COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION on Dec. 9 for "Transgenic chicken that expresses a fluorescent protein and SIAT1" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,723, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION (Acton, Australia).

"Transgenic chicken that expresses a fluorescent protein and SIAT1" was invented by Timothy James Doran (Ocean Grove, Australia), Mark Leslie Tizard (Highton, Australia) and Andrew Bean (Ocean Grove, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to transgenic avians and the eggs produced therefrom wherein the eggs comprise a genetic modification that facilitates in ovo gender sorting and a genetic modification that increases a production trait in the eggs or the avians produced therefrom. The...