ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,343, issued on April 14, was assigned to FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Measuring apparatus to measure pet's health status and operating method thereof" was invented by Ok Chae Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Changsoo Yu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present disclosure, a measuring apparatus and an operating method thereof are presented which measure a heart rate and a breathing rate of a pet by using a radar sensor, and then confirm whether a health status of the pet is abnormal based on the measured data, and when it is confirmed that the health status of the pet is abnorma...