ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,170, issued on May 5, was assigned to AGRI IOT Ltd. (Kilkenny, Ireland).
"Determination of methane emitted by ruminants" was invented by Desmond Savage (County Cork, Ireland) and Sean Savage (County Cork, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Eructations from ruminant animals is measured by use of an electronic bolus in the animals' reticulum, and a host processor which receives sensing data via a communication gateway. The bolus sensors provide physical 3D movement of the bolus in the animal's rumen, specifically ventral sac. By calibration according to general animal phenotypes, group quantitative data for volume of emissions can be...