ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,072, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to 701x Inc. (Fargo, N.D.).

"Livestock carbon credit monitoring 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: "Livestock carbon credit monitoring systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example system includes a livestock monitoring device, comprising a location tracking unit and an inertial measurement unit (IMU), ...