ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,820, issued on April 7, was assigned to 701x Inc. (Fargo, N.D.).
"Livestock management system" was invented by Kevin N. Biffert (Horace, N.D.), Maximillion K. Cossette (Fargo, N.D.), Steven J. Berlinger (Dilworth, Minn.), Peter S. Crowley (Fargo, N.D.), Cole L. Mehring (Fargo, N.D.), Keith D. Alsleben (Fargo, N.D.) and Braydon W. Love (Fergus Falls, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Foldable or flexible ear tags for animals are disclosed herein. An example ear tag includes a flexible member configured to adapt to an interior of an ear of an animal, a solar panel housed on a protruding segment of the flexible member, the solar pane...