ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,267, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ZYZZLE Ltd. (Reading, Great Britain).
"Egg harvesting apparatus" was invented by Glen Jonathan Slade (Surbiton, Great Britain), Rafael Homem (Surbiton, Great Britain) and Michael Stallwood (Surbiton, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (1) with a container (2) for containing insects, a receiving member (200) upon which an insect in the container can lay an egg and an actuator (10) for removing the receiving member from the container once an egg has been laid upon the receiving member. The apparatus is for removing individual insect eggs from a container which contains many l...