ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,320, issued on Sept. 1.

"Systems, methods, and apparatuses for computerized animal management" was invented by David Schroeder (Boerne, Texas) and Andrew Silva (Boerne, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Animals may be managed by a variety of systems, processes, and techniques. In particular implementations, an animal management system may include a first radio frequency (RF) reader system adapted to scan for radio frequency identification tags (RFID) tags in a first area and a second radio frequency (RF) reader system adapted to scan for RFID tags in a second area that overlaps with the first area and send information regarding de...