Patents by Inventor Kazundo Tanaka

Kazundo Tanaka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for identifying livestock and other individuals
    Patent number: 5711246
    Abstract: A system for identifying livestock and other individuals comprising an identification plate for identifying the animal and a gate-shaped antenna, which is characterized in that the identification plate is a marker plate, which in turn is made of a soft material and comprises a flexible printed board formed with an antenna coil, a tuning condenser and an electronic circuit; said gate-shaped antenna comprises plural unit antennas which are wound with a coil each and which are crossed at an angle so that electromagnetic fields can be generated over a wide range of area without interfering with each other at the time of radio wave transmission/reception for retrieving data on said identification plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Electronics on Animal Industries Research Association
    Inventors: Tomoji Yano, Hisashi Asoh, Kazundo Tanaka