US Patent Issued to Iowa State University Research Foundation on April 15 for "Laser enrichment device, system, and method for poultry" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,240, issued on April 15, was assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa).

"Laser enrichment device, system, and method for poultry" was invented by Elizabeth Ann Kraayenbrink (Ames, Iowa), Anna Butters-Johnson (Ames, Iowa) and Derek Kraayenbrink (Ames, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, systems, and methods of providing enrichment to poultry during raising or maintaining of the poultry. One or more light sources project beams to generate laser spots at and around the poultry. A control regimen moves the light spots relative the poultry in generally random fashion during timed sessions for eac...