Patents by Inventor Paul Brandford

Paul Brandford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatus for identifying live eggs
    Patent number: 8235003
    Abstract: Egg candling methods and apparatus are provided wherein black rot eggs can be identified and removed. A method of identifying live eggs includes illuminating eggs in a carrier with light from a light source; receiving light passing through each egg at a light detector; generating an output signal that corresponds to light received at a light detector for each respective egg; analyzing the output signal for each egg to determine opacity of each egg; removing eggs having an opacity less than a first opacity value; and removing eggs having an opacity greater than a second opacity value that is different from the first opacity value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Embrex, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Hebrank, Thomas Bryan, Paul Brandford
  • Methods and apparatus for identifying live eggs
    Publication number: 20070024844
    Abstract: Egg candling methods and apparatus are provided wherein black rot eggs can be identified and removed. A method of identifying live eggs includes illuminating eggs in a carrier with light from a light source; receiving light passing through each egg at a light detector; generating an output signal that corresponds to light received at a light detector for each respective egg; analyzing the output signal for each egg to determine opacity of each egg; removing eggs having an opacity less than a first opacity value; and removing eggs having an opacity greater than a second opacity value that is different from the first opacity value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: John Hebrank, Thomas Bryan, Paul Brandford