SG11201807864QA - Systems and methods for mobile automated mass release of insects - Google Patents

Systems and methods for mobile automated mass release of insects

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SG11201807864QA
SG11201807864QA SG11201807864QA SG11201807864QA SG11201807864QA SG 11201807864Q A SG11201807864Q A SG 11201807864QA SG 11201807864Q A SG11201807864Q A SG 11201807864QA SG 11201807864Q A SG11201807864Q A SG 11201807864QA SG 11201807864Q A SG11201807864Q A SG 11201807864QA
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insects
verily
international
san francisco
life sciences
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SG11201807864QA
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Peter Massaro
Robert Sobecki
Brian Wasson
Charles Behling
Gabriella Levine
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Verily Life Sciences Llc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D1/00—Dropping, ejecting, releasing, or receiving articles, liquids, or the like, in flight
    • B64D1/02—Dropping, ejecting, or releasing articles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K67/00—Rearing or breeding animals, not otherwise provided for; New breeds of animals
    • A01K67/033—Rearing or breeding invertebrates; New breeds of invertebrates
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K29/00—Other apparatus for animal husbandry
    • A01K29/005—Monitoring or measuring activity, e.g. detecting heat or mating
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D1/00—Dropping, ejecting, releasing, or receiving articles, liquids, or the like, in flight
    • B64D1/02—Dropping, ejecting, or releasing articles
    • B64D1/08—Dropping, ejecting, or releasing articles the articles being load-carrying devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D1/00—Dropping, ejecting, releasing, or receiving articles, liquids, or the like, in flight
    • B64D1/02—Dropping, ejecting, or releasing articles
    • B64D1/08—Dropping, ejecting, or releasing articles the articles being load-carrying devices
    • B64D1/12—Releasing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D1/00—Dropping, ejecting, releasing, or receiving articles, liquids, or the like, in flight
    • B64D1/16—Dropping or releasing powdered, liquid, or gaseous matter, e.g. for fire-fighting
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D7/00—Control of flow
    • G05D7/06—Control of flow characterised by the use of electric means
    • G05D7/0605—Control of flow characterised by the use of electric means specially adapted for solid materials
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M2200/00—Kind of animal
    • A01M2200/01—Insects
    • A01M2200/012—Flying insects

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property MD HIM 0 11101 010 11111 01 II 0 I 010 1110 1101 010 11111 00 11110 11110E111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0 WO 2018/140273 Al 02 August 2018 (02.08.2018) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: 269 East Grand Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080 B64D 1/00 (2006.01) B64D 1/12 (2006.01) (US). WASSON, Brian; c/o Verily Life Sciences LLC, 269 B64D 1/02 (2006.01) B64D 1/16 (2006.01) East Grand Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080 (US). B64D 1/08 (2006.01) BEHLING, Charles; c/o Verily Life Sciences LLC, 269 (21) International Application Number: East Grand Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080 (US). PCT/US2018/014154 LEVINE, Gabriella; c/o Verily Life Sciences LLC, 269 East Grand Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080 (US). (22) International Filing Date: (74) Agent: MORLOCK, Michael et al.; Kilpatrick Townsend 18 January 2018 (18.01.2018) & Stockton LLP, Mailstop: IP Docketing - 22, 1100 (25) Filing Language: English Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2800, Atlanta, GA 30309 (US). (26) Publication Language: English (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (30) Priority Data: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, 15/413,564 24 January 2017 (24.01.2017) US CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, 15/701,933 12 September 2017 (12.09.2017) US DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (71) Applicant: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC [US/US]; HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, 269 East Grand Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080 (US). KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (72) Inventors: MASSARO, Peter; c/o Verily Life Sciences OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, — LLC, 269 East Grand Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080 (US). SOBECKI, Robert; c/o Verily Life Sciences LLC, = (54) Title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS = = = = = FOR MOBILE AUTOMATED MASS RELEASE OF INSECTS Memory 104 I Release System 100 = = Loading Mechanism 110 = = = = = = Processor Sensors 102 I 106 ► 0. Insect Storage 108 Release Device 112 Il M IN ei © ii- (57) : Systems and methods c 3 - 1 -5 storage device defining one or more ,-1 storage device with a population 0 into an environment one or more ei Figure 1 for automated release of insects are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: an insect internal compartments to store a population of insects; a loading mechanism for loading the insect of insects; and an insect release device coupled to the loading mechanism and configured to release insects from the population of insects in the insect storage device. C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/140273 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMMHOIMMEIMOVOIMIE SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(H)) — as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) — before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h))
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