ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,724, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GloFish LLC (Earth City, Mo.).
"Transgenic rainbow shark" 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 in vitro fertilization 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 April 12, 2024, under Application No. 18/633,883.
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