ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,666, issued on July 8, was assigned to Protix B.V. (Dongen, Netherlands).
"Live insects transport device" was invented by Jaap Van Kilsdonk (Veldhoven, Netherlands), Erik Holland Schmitt (Antwerp, Belgium), Ralf Henricus Wilhelmina Jacobs (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Henricus Petrus Johannes Simons (Moergestel, Netherlands), Maurits Petrus Maria Jansen (Bavel, Netherlands) and Ward Tollenaar (Dongen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for use in large-scale industrial insect farming. More in particular, the invention relates to an insects transport device for transporting live insects from a firs...