ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,978, issued on April 29, was assigned to LELY PATENT N.V. (Maassluis, Netherlands).
"Milking system with detection system" was invented by Jacobus Petrus Maria Dessing (Maassluis, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A milking system with a milking device, a milk line, and a sampling and analysis device to sample and analyse the milk are disclosed. The sampling and analysis device includes a control unit, a tape wound on a tape reel, and including a base material with a series of reagent pads arranged to provide a detectable response in the presence of a substance in the sample, a tape mover to move and unwind the tape, a dosing...