US Patent Issued to EQUILUME on May 27 for "Apparatus and method for inhibiting melatonin synthesis in a horse" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,193, issued on May 27, was assigned to EQUILUME Ltd. (County Kildare, Ireland).

"Apparatus and method for inhibiting melatonin synthesis in a horse" was invented by Barbara Murphy (Sallins, Ireland) and John Sheridan (Dublin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for inhibiting melatonin synthesis in a horse comprises a blinker having an internal surface of which at least a part is diffusing. A source of light is positioned for direction into the horse's eye by the diffusing-surface. The light source and diffusing surface are configured such that the light directed into the horse's eye is blue."

The patent was filed on Feb. 18,...