ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,113, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to LELY PATENT N.V. (Maassluis, Netherlands).

"Milking system with analysis unit" was invented by Peter Michael Gavin (Princeton, N.J.) and Darby Anne McChesney (Lawrenceville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A milking system including a milking means, a milk line, and a sampling and analysis device, that includes an analysis tape, with a carrier layer and a reagent tape layer with a reagent that provides a detectable response in the presence of a substance in the sample, a dosing device, an optical radiation source, and an optical sensor device to detect optical response radiation emitted by t...