US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Oct. 7 for "Devices, systems, and methods for introducing organisms into populations" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,242, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for introducing organisms into populations" was invented by Kevin M. Esvelt (Cambridge, Mass.) and Sarah Anna Vitak (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates, in part, to devices, systems and methods to increase the likelihood of survival and reproductive success of preselected organisms. An organism container may be configured for permitting access to a preselected organism and denying access to other organisms. The container may include a floor, one or more walls, a door, a lock...