US Patent Issued to LELY PATENT on April 15 for "Method of producing a reagent tape, reagent tape and milking device with a milk sampling device therewith" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,012, issued on April 15, was assigned to LELY PATENT N.V. (Maassluis, Netherlands).

"Method of producing a reagent tape, reagent tape and milking device with a milk sampling device therewith" was invented by Peter Michael Gavin (Maassluis, Netherlands) and Darby Anne McChesney (Maassluis, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing a reagent tape, that includes a base tape layer and a series of consecutive and separate reagent pads of a reagent, is provided for use in a milk sampling device. The milk sampling device is arranged to supply a droplet of a milk sample onto one of the reagent pads on the tape in order ...