ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,658, issued on March 31, 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.), Braydon W. Love (Fergus Falls, Minn.) and Chad A. Heath (Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A livestock management system includes a first type of livestock tag, a second type of livestock tag, and a computing device. The first type of livestock tag includes both a first long-range wireless transceiver and a fir...