US Patent Issued to ETALON DIAGNOSTICS on March 31 for "Method for evaluating animal characteristics to identify discipline suitability" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,337, issued on March 31, was assigned to ETALON DIAGNOSTICS (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Method for evaluating animal characteristics to identify discipline suitability" was invented by Christa Lafayette (Menlo Park, Calif.), Henry Wilfred Lopez (Napa, Calif.) and Adam Freund (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The methods of the present invention are based upon the gathering of information from various sources about animals. The information is based upon laboratory testing, genetic analysis and observations by owners and/or trainers about various traits that can be readily observed. Based upon this collection of informatio...