ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,719, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG (Basel, Switzerland).
"Pest monitoring device" was invented by Thomas Barlow (Cambridge, Great Britain), Merissa Sarrias (Cambridge, Great Britain), Alun James (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Jonathan Campbell (Basel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pest monitoring device is disclosed. The pest monitoring device includes a housing; an optical sensor configured to generate optical data related to an interior surface within the housing; and a processor in communication with the optical sensor. The processor is configured to receive optical data from the opt...