ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,792, issued on July 1, was assigned to CEVA SANTE ANIMALE (Libourne, France).
"Nose ring for ruminants" was invented by Florence Guimberteau (Libourne, France), Sandrine Lacoste (Libourne, France) and Edouard Timsit (Libourne, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a nose ring for ruminants such as cattle, comprising a ring body (1) having an extra-nasal part (2) and intra-nasal parts (3) extending on either side of this extra-nasal part (2), each of these intra-nasal parts (3) carrying a plate (4, 5) intended to bear against the nasal septum separating the nasal cavities of a ruminant, said bearing pla...