Patents
US 9651565 B2: Fish sexual characteristic determination using peptide hormones
- Granted
- 2017-05-16
- Filed
- 2011-11-23 application 13990022
- Type
- Utility · 25 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Fish sexual characteristics are determined by measuring the concentration in fish serum, plasma or whole blood of one or more peptide hormones of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily (TGF-β superfamily). The disclosed method and an accompanying field test kit may be used in sturgeon aquaculture to cull out young male fish so that increased time and resources may be devoted to the further rearing of female fish for caviar production. The method and test kit may also be used for wild fish life history studies.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg170516.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOTE MARINE LABORATORY, INC 9 patents | US company or organization | Sarasota, FL | MOTE MARINE LABORATORY, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state MOTE MARINE LABORATORY Nonprofit FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana L. Wetzel | Sarasota, FL | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| John E. Reynolds | Sarasota, FL | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| William E. Roudebush | Charleston, SC | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G01N | Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties | G01N33/74 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
No recorded assignments or security interests on file for this patent.
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