ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,814, issued on May 19.
"System for controlling animal pests" was invented by Ignacio Rubio Carrera (Tudela, Spain), Carlos Rubio Carrera (Tudela, Spain) and Jose Javier Rubio Carrera (Tudela, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling animal pests that is to be used on roads through a module forming part of a sidewalk that has at least one entry for animals to access an inner chamber of the module, this chamber being configured to contain poison, a placebo and/or traps for the animal pests to be treated."
The patent was filed on May 16, 2023, under Application No. 18/867,218.
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