US Patent Issued to CERES TAG on July 7 for "Animal tag assembly" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,637, issued on July 7, was assigned to CERES TAG LTD (Brisbane, Australia).

"Animal tag assembly" was invented by David Ian Smith (Brisbane, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Animal ear tag assembly comprising: ear tag comprising a housing for enclosing electronic components, the housing comprising at least photovoltaic panel being arranged to form an external frontal outer face of the tag for receiving sunlight and powering the electronic componentry therein; a tether body configured to contact the animal's body during use, the tether body having an in-use upper female coupling portion for receiving and coupling an ear attachm...