ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,415, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to L. THIELO DE LA VEGA LTDA (Barueri, Brazil) and UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO-USP (Sao Paulo).

"Method for predicting body mass of herd animal, computer-readable storage media, system for predicting body mass of herd" was invented by Luciane Silva Martello (Pirassununga, Brazil), Leonardo Thielo De La Vega (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Gustavo Cynowiec Dos Anjos (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and Rafael Vieira De Sousa (Pirassununga, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for predicting body mass of herd animal that comprises the steps of: collecting data from the livestock environment; detect and select...