US Patent Issued to MMC First Process AS on Jan. 20 for "Crowding arrangement" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,304, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to MMC First Process AS (Fosnavag, Norway).

"Crowding arrangement" was invented by Leif Roger Gjelseth (Fosnavag, Norway) and Helge Birkeland (Ulsteinvik, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crowding arrangement for an aquaculture tank of marine organism where the tank includes at least one outlet in a bottom of the tank. The crowding arrangement has a sheet extending between a hub and an outer ring. The sheet encircles the hub at the center of the tank. The sheet, hub, and outer ring cover a horizontal cross-sectional area of the tank. The crowding arrangement also has a first wiper assembly ...