ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,898, issued on June 23, was assigned to Protect Animals with Satellites LLC (Upper Saddle River, N.J.).
"Methods and systems for deterring animals to approach or enter identified zones" was invented by Terry Anderton (Hampton Falls, N.H.) and Samuel Stoddard (Somersworth, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for deterring animals, such as pets, from entering, getting onto, or being in certain defined zones/locations created by a user. The pet monitoring system includes a smart collar configured to communicate with a plurality of powered transceivers/transmitters, particularly Bluetooth transmitters and transceivers...