US Patent Issued to KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS on Nov. 18 for "Test fish holding device and test fish treatment method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,576, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS Co. LTD. (Kobe, Japan).

"Test fish holding device and test fish treatment method" was invented by Naomi Fujiwara (Kobe, Japan), Shiro Toyohisa (Kobe, Japan) and Yukiko Nakajima (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a technology which can properly perform a predetermined treatment on an abdomen of a test fish while reliably holding the test fish in a predetermined posture by suppressing damage as much as possible. A test fish holding device includes a flexible holder, the holder having a holding groove extending along a front-rear direction on an upper sur...