ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,982, issued on April 29, was assigned to mOOverment Holding B.V. (Utrecht, Netherlands).
"System and apparatus for the monitoring of livestock and the like" was invented by Pieter Vogels (Utrecht, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic ear tag [1] for use in the monitoring or management of livestock has a mass of 32 grams or less. The tag has a polycarbonate housing [3] made with front and rear portions [9] and [11] which are ultrasonically welded together, and has a short neck [7] and a prong [15] for attachment to the ear of an animal. A PCB [40] in the housing includes a microprocessor, a GNSS module and a LoRa tr...