ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,824, issued on April 7, was assigned to VENCE CORP..

"Livestock management system and method" was invented by Frank Carter Wooten (Key Largo, Fla.), Patrick Singler (San Diego), Michael Anthony Yarusinsky (Ashburn, Va.), Scott Fitzgerald (Carlsbad, Calif.), Todd Parker (Escondido, Calif.), Haldun Komsuoglu (Philadelphia) and Matthew Hughes (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A herd management system for monitoring and managing the movements of animals within a herd comprises a user interface for defining one or more virtual fences for each to comprise a paddock, a plurality of wireless tags affixed to the monitored animals, and...