US Patent Issued to Battelle Memorial Institute on April 21 for "Animal shepherding using a non-lethal active denial system of directed electromagnetic energy" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,885, issued on April 21, was assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio).

"Animal shepherding using a non-lethal active denial system of directed electromagnetic energy" was invented by Chris Buurma (Columbus, Ohio), Lindy Dejarme (Columbus, Ohio) and James E. Risser (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-lethal animal shepherding active denial system of directed electromagnetic energy having at least one emitter to provide low-energy radiation to deter and shepherd birds and other species away from dangerous areas such as airports or wind turbines. The directed electromagnetic energy may be emitted in a c...