US Patent Issued to BOVONIC on Sept. 9 for "In-line sensor, milking cluster and associated methods" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,119, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to BOVONIC Ltd. (Tauranga, New Zealand).

"In-line sensor, milking cluster and associated methods" was invented by Liam George Kampshof (Tauranga, New Zealand) and Gary Edwin Campbell (Tauranga, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is an in-line sensor for sensing properties of a pulsed milk flow on a continuous basis. A milking cluster comprising multiple pulsed milk flow inputs from lactating animal teats and a mixing point or claw for the multiple inputs is described that includes multiple in-line sensors for each pulsed milk flow input. Methods of use of the in-line sens...