Patents by Inventor Ciaran Meghen

Ciaran Meghen 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).

  • Automated system for collecting tissue samples, and corresponding method and computer-readable medium
    Publication number: 20230013750
    Abstract: A system for collecting tissue samples, such as meat tissues on carcasses, for example in the food industry. Also provided are methods for collecting tissue samples, and to a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions to execute at least one step of the method for collecting tissue samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: David Robert Thomas, Ciaran Meghen, Gregory Alan Peters, Amy Johanna Douglas, Robert Galbraith, Ryan Michael Watson
  • Meat analysis technique
    Publication number: 20080085522
    Abstract: A method of determining the source of a component part of a multi-source comminuted meat product. The method comprising the steps of providing a sample of said meat product, isolating from said meat product a meat component substantially derived from a single source animal, analysing said isolated meat component to identify at least one traceable marker of the source animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: Parlanca Limited
    Inventors: Ciaran Meghen, Ronan Loftus, Carol Scott