ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,712, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Ala.).
"Sensing and integrating data of environmental conditions in animal research" was invented by Robert J. Tindal (Birmingham, Ala.), Erik Dohm (Trussville, Ala.), Sam Misko (Birmingham, Ala.), Samuel Cartner (Birmingham, Ala.), Jaret Langston (Hoover, Ala.), Pam Bounelis (Mountain Brook, Ala.), Rachana Kotapalli (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Emma Latham Godwin (Quinton, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for sensing and integrating data of environmental conditions in animal research. A collection device having a bracket is r...