ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,010, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Panama).

"Intelligent insect trap and monitoring system" was invented by Harland Patch (University Park, Pa.), Nelson Daniel Troncoso Aldas (University Park, Pa.), Eric Homan (University Park, Pa.), Vijaykrishnan Narayanan (University Park, Pa.), Codey Mathis (University Park, Pa.), Chonghan Lee (University Park, Pa.) and Christina Grozinger (University Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intelligent insect trap and identification system is disclosed. The intelligent insect trap and identification system can include an insect imaging ch...