ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,079, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Nedap N.V. (Groenlo, Netherlands).

"Method of manufacturing an animal tag, as well as animal tag" was invented by Roxie Sabri Romero Muller (Enschede, Netherlands) and Karen Elisa Damhuis (Losser, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An animal tag and a method of manufacturing the animal tag are described. The animal tag includes a printed circuit board for supporting an electronic circuit with electronic components, wherein the electronic components include a transceiver and an antenna circuit, and wherein the antenna circuit is communicatively connected to the transceiver for enabling t...