ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,238, issued on April 15, was assigned to Allflex Europe (Vitre, France).

"Female part of an animal identification device, and corresponding accessory and animal identification method" was invented by Jean-Jacques Hilpert (Vitre, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A female part of an animal identification device. The female part includes a head having an inner receiving cavity that can receive a tip of a male part of the identification device. The female part includes at least one element for fixing an accessory to an outer face of the head. The at least one fixing element is in the form of at least one groove."

The patent was file...