US Patent Issued to Ollie Pets on Sept. 30 for "Image analysis for animal health assessments" (New Jersey, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,222, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Ollie Pets Inc. (Reno, Nev.).

"Image analysis for animal health assessments" was invented by Tara Courtney Zedayko (Ringoes, N.J.) and Vamshi Kumar Bogoju (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present teachings generally include techniques for characterizing the health of an animal (e.g., gastrointestinal health) using image analysis (e.g., of a sample of an exudate such as mucus) as a complement, alternative, or a replacement to traditional laboratory analyses of biological specimens. The present teachings may further include techniques for personalizing a health and wellness pl...