Patents by Inventor Ann Van Soom

Ann Van Soom 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).

  • Device and method for artificial insemination of bovines and other animals
    Patent number: 7056279
    Abstract: An artificial insemination (AI) device for the insemination of bovines and other animals including three hollow and essentially cylindrical tubular elements. Each element is provided with an open proximal and an open distal end, the three elements being: an outer protective sheath, an inner sheath, and a semen tube, whereby the diameter of the elements is such that the inner sheath is axially movable in the outer protective sheath and the semen tube is axially movable in the inner sheath, whereby the length of the outer sheath is less than the length of the inner sheath and whereby the inner sheath and the semen tube are jointly axially displaceable in and through the outer sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Steven Verberckmoes, Ann Van Soom, Aart De Kruif
  • Device and method for artifical insemination of bovines and other animals
    Publication number: 20040199044
    Abstract: An artificial insemination (AI) device for the insemination of bovines and other animals including three hollow and essentially cylindrical tubular elements. Each element is provided with an open proximal and an open distal end, the three elements being: an outer protective sheath, an inner sheath, and a semen tube, whereby the diameter of the elements is such that the inner sheath is axially movable in the outer protective sheath and the semen tube is axially movable in the inner sheath, whereby the length of the outer sheath is less than the length of the inner sheath and whereby the inner sheath and the semen tube are jointly axially displaceable in and through the outer sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Steven Verberckmoes, Ann Van Soom, Aart De Kruif