US Patent Issued to Ecolab USA on Oct. 21 for "Method and apparatus for attracting and capturing birds" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,566, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Method and apparatus for attracting and capturing birds" was invented by Brian Alan Beidle (Fishers, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example of a system for removing target animals such as birds from an area in a humane manner includes a cage with a substantially unidirectional entry and a device for attracting the target animals into the cage through the entry. The target animals captured in the cage can be released to another area as needed."

The patent was filed on May 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/322,871.

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