ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,123, issued on June 17.

"Animal sorting device" was invented by Shen Li (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal sorting device, including a housing, a sorting box, a placement box, and a screening device, where the sorting box is located in the housing, and a screening channel is formed in the sorting box and is provided with a material inlet and a material outlet; the placement box is located in the housing and communicates with the material outlet of the screening channel; and the screening device is disposed on the sorting box and includes an RFID module and a closing mechanism. According to the animal sorting d...