ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,093, issued on March 24, was assigned to BD EQUIPMENT APS (Haderslev, Denmark).

"Portable unit for dosing of a disinfectant hoof bath remedy for livestock" was invented by Bjorn Drews Ostedgaard (Hjorring, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable device for dispensing a disinfectant in liquid form to effect complete or partial healing of a lameness in a livestock responsive to the disinfectant; wherein the portable device includes: a liquid-tight reservoir bag; an emitter unit; and a flexible hose connecting the reservoir bag to the discharger unit when using the unit."

The patent was filed on Sept. 5, 2022, under Applicat...