ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,300, issued on Sept. 23.

"Systems and methods remotely monitoring and actuating trap structures" was invented by Robert A. Jordan (Bloomfield, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system may include a processor, a power source, optionally an antenna, optionally a communication device, optionally one or more cameras, one or more motion sensors, and optionally one or more electromechanical latches. The one or more motion sensors are configured to create signals indicative of one or both of: a presence of a target animal, or a direction of travel of an animal, wherein the processor is configured to process the signals indicati...