ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,570, issued on July 28, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Feeding system with UV-B light source for a livestock animal" was invented by Harry Broers ('S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) and Marc Andre De Samber (Lommel, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultraviolet light system (120) and a consumable product provider (110) together provide a consumable product system (100) in which the ultraviolet light system (120) illuminates a specific portion of a livestock animal (190) near or using the consumable product provider (110) with ultraviolet light (525) having a wavelength of between 280 nm and 320 nm...