Patents by Inventor Antony Roger Spencer Audsley

Antony Roger Spencer Audsley 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).

  • Treatment of birds: humane slaughter of poultry
    Patent number: 5653629
    Abstract: Poultry packed in a crate suitable for the transport of live poultry are passed into a chamber having an oxygen depleted atmosphere and held in the atmosphere for a sufficient period of time for the poultry first to lose consciousness and then to die as a result of the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere. The atmosphere typically comprises nitrogen or argon containing less than 1% by volume of oxygen. It is found that the birds so slaughtered exhibit less bone damage than poultry slaughtered by a conventional method including the step of electrically stunning the birds prior to slaughter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: The BOC Group plc
    Inventors: Antony Roger Spencer Audsley, Neville George Gregory, Ambur Balakrishnan Mohan Raj