US Patent Issued to Sheng Wang on Sept. 1 for "Automated animal waste collection system" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,322, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Sheng Wang (Beijing).

"Automated animal waste collection system" was invented by Shengkai Wang (Beijing), Yuhan Wu (Beijing), Xiaoshu Xiong (Beijing), Pok Yuen Jim Wong (Beijing), Chi Fui Ni (Shanghai), Tianyi Wang (Beijing), Jian Jim Wang (Belle Mead, N.J.) and Timothy Yang (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated system for animal waste removal is disclosed. The system comprises a wearable monitoring assembly configured to be fitted to an animal for detecting an imminent waste elimination event. This assembly includes sensors to generate postural and physiological data, ...