Patents Issued in December 3, 2024
  • Patent number: D1053495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Mohammad Naseem Khan
  • Patent number: D1053496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Jianhui Xue
  • Patent number: D1053497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Yihuaxing Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuming Liu, Xuyang He
  • Patent number: PP36281
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Brunnera plant named ‘Balbrufline’, characterized by its medium blue-colored flowers with a small white “eye”, silvery-colored foliage with dark green venation and bright yellow-green colored margins, and moderately vigorous, mounded growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Christa Kievit
  • Patent number: PP36282
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Sunpa 421’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; double-type flowers that are purplish pink in color; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LIMITED
    Inventor: Tim Koene
  • Patent number: PP36283
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Inmanbemag’, characterized by its compact to medium in size, broadly upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; dark red-colored flowers with reddish orange-colored throats; and flowers than typically do not sunscald under high light conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: INNOVAPLANT ZIERPFLANZEN GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Birgit Hofmann
  • Patent number: PP36284
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Gardenia named ‘Baildeniaone’ that is characterized by its double flowers with a strong fragrance, its uniform and rounded plant habit without pruning, and its good cold tolerance, at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: BAILEY NURSERIES INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Dirr, Jeff Beasley, Mark Griffith, Rhonda Helvick, Oren McBee, David Jonathan Roberts, Justin Schulze
  • Patent number: PP36285
    Abstract: ‘WES10’ is a distinctive variety of Westringia plant which is characterized by the combination of a compact and globose growth habit, broadly ovate foliage with an obtuse apex, variegated foliage, an abundance of small white flowers in spring, and the stability of all characteristics from generation to generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Todd Anthony Layt
  • Patent number: PP36286
    Abstract: ‘WES09’ is a distinctive variety of Westringia plant which is characterized by the combination of a compact and decumbent growth habit, variegated foliage, an abundance of small white flowers in spring, and the stability of all characteristics from generation to generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Ronald Dikkenberg
  • Patent number: PP36287
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Fuchsia plant named ‘Dofuchbalrel’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; freely branching habit, dense and bushy plant form; freely flowering habit; and single-type flowers that are light purple and purplish red in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: DÜMMEN GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Lieke de Mulder, Arjan Koot
  • Patent number: PP36288
    Abstract: A new Begonia plant named ‘BEYZ0002’ characterized by its compact, symmetrical and rounded habit, double white flowers that bloom continuously from spring until fall, prolific and continuous basal branching and foliage that is very dark, glosssy and mahogany in color with bright green contrasting veins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Cathy Knoblauch
  • Patent number: PP36289
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Dobeciupblu’, characterized by its relatively compact, semi-upright and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; strong branching habit; dark brownish green-colored leaves; freely and continuously flowering habit; and medium-sized double-type flowers with petals that are pale yellow in color with dark pink-colored edges and petaloids that are light yellowish pink in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: DÜMMEN GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Rami Mousa
  • Patent number: PP36290
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant named ‘AN2631609’, characterized by its upright to outwardly arching and uniform plant habit; freely clumping growth habit; bushy and dense plants; narrowly cordate dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; inflorescences that are positioned within to slightly above the foliar plane on strong and erect scapes; broadly cordate to cordate/reniform yellow green-colored spathes and off-white and yellow green-colored spadices; and durable spathes that impart good inflorescence longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ANTHURA B.V.
    Inventor: Jan van Dijk
  • Patent number: PP36291
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant named ‘AN2824056’, characterized by its upright to outwardly arching and uniform plant habit; freely clumping growth habit; bushy and dense plants; narrowly cordate dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; inflorescences that are positioned within to slightly above the foliar plane on strong and erect scapes; broadly cordate to broadly cordate/reniform red-colored spathes and white to yellowish pink-colored spadices; and durable spathes that impart good inflorescence longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ANTHURA B.V.
    Inventor: Jan van Dijk
  • Patent number: PP36292
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant named ‘AN2824663’, characterized by its upright to outwardly arching and uniform plant habit; freely clumping growth habit; bushy and dense plants; narrowly cordate dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; inflorescences that are positioned within to slightly above the foliar plane on strong and erect scapes; large broadly cordate white-colored spathes and pale yellow-colored spadices; and durable spathes that impart good inflorescence longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ANTHURA B.V.
    Inventor: Jan van Dijk
  • Patent number: PP36293
    Abstract: A new and distinct Epipremnum aureum plant named ‘CF-MKR-EA1’ which is characterized by a trailing and vining habit, with glossy cordate foliage that emerges with a vibrant yellow coloration and matures to dark green, as well as the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Kerry Rimland
  • Patent number: PP36294
    Abstract: ‘AMILAPGO’ is a new and distinctive Alocasia plant which is characterized by dark yellow-green foliage that is irregularly blotched and flecked with light yellow and borne on conspicuously variegated petioles, mature petioles which exhibit a plurality of greyed-purple broken and irregular transverse lines, resembling a zigzag pattern, at and near the base, and the stability of all characteristics from generation to generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: A-Milian Nursery, Inc.
    Inventor: Kraig Bryan
  • Patent number: PP36295
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Delosperma plant named ‘FSDD2112’ that is characterized by its red flowers, its unique foliage colors; green and pink tones in late winter and early spring, changing to dark green with dark purple tones in late spring to mid-summer, changing to green with red-purple in late summer, its very good branching habit, its short stem internodes, its very floriferous and long blooming habit; blooming from early summer into autumn, its ease of growing with no need for vernalization, and its high tolerance to heat, drought, and humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Koichiro Nishikawa
  • Patent number: PP36296
    Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia microphylla cultivar named ‘MBN20203A’ is disclosed, characterized by variegated foliage on plants which are very compact and dense and have greyed-purple flower stalks. Flowers and flower buds are dark magenta with a distinct purple hue. The new cultivar is a Salvia, typically suited for ornamental garden use, or as a cut flower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Luen Miller
  • Patent number: RE50226
    Abstract: Thermoplastic bicomponent binder fiber can be combined with other media, fibers and other filtration components to form a thermally bonded filtration media. The filtration media can be used in filter units. Such filter units can be placed in the stream of a mobile fluid and can remove a particulate load from the mobile stream. The unique combination of media fiber, bicomponent binder fiber and other filtration additives and components provide a filtration media having unique properties in filtration applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad E. Kahlbaugh, Keh B. Dema, Linda M. Olson, Joe Israel, Derek O. Jones, Gregory L. LaVallee, Michael A. Madden, Chuanfang Yang, Robert M. Rogers, Paul L. Kojetin, Timothy D. Sporre
  • Patent number: RE50227
    Abstract: A method of leaching copper-containing ores, such as chalcopyrite ores, with a leach liquor in the presence of silver and an activation agent that activates silver whereby the silver enhances copper extraction from copper ores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ralph Peter Hackl, Paul Leslie Brown, Stephen Charles Grocott, Daniel Arthur Kittelty
  • Patent number: 12156489
    Abstract: A vehicle has a vehicle frame having a first end and a second end and a first siderail and a second siderail spaced laterally and each extend longitudinally from the first end to the second end. A caster wheel having a lateral axis is rotatably coupled to the vehicle frame towards the first end. Drive wheels defining an axis are rotatably coupled to the vehicle frame towards the second end. A prime mover coupled to the vehicle frame has a base and a vertical driveshaft, which is in operative communication with the drive wheels, extending from the base. The vertical driveshaft has a driveshaft axis closer to the second siderail than the first siderail laterally and closer to the caster wheel axis than the drive wheel axis longitudinally. The base is positioned vertically below most of the length of each of the first siderail and the second siderail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Moore
  • Patent number: 12156490
    Abstract: A distributor device for solids-containing liquids includes a distribution chamber with an inlet opening which leads to a chamber interior space of the distribution chamber, wherein the distribution chamber has a first end wall with several connection ports and a first side wall arranged laterally to the end wall. The distributor device also includes a connecting part connecting the rotor and the blade drive shaft, which connecting part is detachably connected to the rotor and/or to the blade drive shaft, wherein a movement of the rotor is guided by the connecting part relative to the first perforated blade disk. The distribution chamber has at least one closable opening which is located in the first side wall, wherein the opening is designed at least so large that the rotor is removable from the distribution chamber through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: VOGELGSANG GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Paul Krampe, Carsten Lucks, Thies Petersen
  • Patent number: 12156491
    Abstract: A seedling planter is configured to plant a plurality of seedlings in ground. The seedling planter includes a vehicle body, a seedling-storage unit, and a seedling-distribution unit. The seedlings are held together in the form of a seedling package that is stored within the seedling-storage unit. The seedling-distribution unit is configured to separate each seedling from the seedling package and plant each seedling in the ground as the vehicle body travels across the ground. A method includes forming the seedling package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Plow Horse Pulling, Inc.
    Inventor: Justin Penick
  • Patent number: 12156492
    Abstract: A row unit has a seed meter and a seed delivery system. A target seed population is obtained and a motor that drives at least one of the seed meter and the seed delivery system is intermittently pulsed to plant seeds in groupings based on machine speed and target seed population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Lee E. Zumdome, Michael E. Frasier, Elijah B. Garner, Cary S. Hubner
  • Patent number: 12156493
    Abstract: A zero-turn vehicle including a mode selection interface, a memory and at least one controller is provided. The mode selection interface provides a mode section input for a user. The memory is used to store mode instructions relating to at least one operation mode. The at least one controller in communication with the mode selection interface and the memory, the at least one controller configured to selectively modify normal operating characteristics of the zero-turn vehicle based the mode selection input from the user by implementing the stored mode instructions associated with the mode selection input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TEAM Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Wendt, Michael Allen Mueller, Micah Ryan Ricke, Karl Michael Leisenheimer
  • Patent number: 12156494
    Abstract: A system and method for an autonomous lawn mower comprising a mower body having at least one motor arranged to drive a cutting blade and to propel the mower body on an operating surface via a wheel arrangement, wherein the mower body includes a navigation system arranged to assist a controller to control the operation of the mower body within a predefined operating area, wherein the mower body further includes a signal detecting module arranged to detect a signal representative of a navigational marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Brian Vines, Xing Zhang, Benjamin Edgar Montgomery, Syed Kashif Hassan
  • Patent number: 12156495
    Abstract: The disclosure provided herein is directed to a hand rakepan having a handle, a head, and plurality of tines. The handle, in some aspects, is ergonomically provided to accommodate a variety of grips during use that facilitate manipulation of the hand rakepan as a hand tool using only a single hand. Likewise, in certain aspects, the head of hand rakepan has one or more grooves and notches to provide various grip's to be used during one-handed manipulation of the hand rakepan during raking, collecting, and transporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Clint Luscombe
  • Patent number: 12156496
    Abstract: A stump removal tool operable to sever a tree stump. The stump removal tool including an anchor fixedly couplable to the stump, and a cutting assembly adjustable between a closed position and an open position, and where the cutting assembly is removably couplable to the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Anaheim Precision Manufacturing
    Inventors: Matthew T. McGinn, Joseph A. Puccio, Kevin Koller
  • Patent number: 12156497
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling a power-transmission device in a forest machine having a harvester head includes measuring a selected property of at least two trees with aid of observation means on a basis of electromagnetic radiation at a distance from the trees being measured to create measurement data. The power-transmission device is controlled by software on the basis of the measurement data to change a state of the power-transmission device to optimize energy required to perform an operation of an operating device. The operating device uses the energy transmitted by the power-transmission device (after the change in state of the power-transmission device) so that operation of the operating device creates a change in the attitude, location, or state of the harvester head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: PONSSE OYJ
    Inventor: Mikko Oinonen
  • Patent number: 12156498
    Abstract: A light source includes a controller configured to turn on or off a plurality of light sources depending on a light period. The controller can be configured to turn on the light sources during each of a plurality of light periods such that the light sources emit a light having a spectrum with a plurality of peaks toward the plant. At least one light period can include a first period and a second period and the first period preceding or following the second period. The controller can adjust the spectrum of the light between the first period and the second period and/or during different light periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Ryung Kim, Sang Min Ko, Jin Won Kim, Hyun Su Song
  • Patent number: 12156499
    Abstract: A device and method that support and animate a plant disposed in an inner plant pot having an underside including a pivoting magnet plate atop a waterproof interface relative to an outer plant pot lower housing. A follower magnet is mounted using a cam follower positioned below the waterproof interface for magnetic attraction with the pivoting magnet plate above. An electronic processor control module instantiates movement of the inner plant pot relative to the outer plant pot assembly via a single motor actuator, and a plurality of sensors in communication with the electronic processor control module collect data by the plurality of sensors upon the user touching the plant, among other inputs for interactive features, responses, gameplay, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Hello Tomorrow, LLC
    Inventors: Richard J Maddocks, Leif J Askeland, Eduardo J Rodriguez, Shelley M Smith
  • Patent number: 12156500
    Abstract: A luminescent layer is described comprising an Eu2+ doped inorganic luminescent material comprising or consisting essentially of the elements Al and/or Si and the elements O and/or N, the doped inorganic luminescent material converting radiation of the UV region between 200 nm and 400 nm of the solar spectrum into the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) region (400 nm-700 nm) of the solar spectrum, wherein the Si concentration in the inorganic luminescent material is selected between 0 and 45 at. %, the Al concentration between 0 and 50 at. %, the O concentration between 0 and 70 at. %, the N concentration between 0 and 60 at. % and the Eu2+ between 0.01 and 30 at. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: PHYSEE GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Sadiq Van Overbeek, Chung-che Kao, Chao-chun Hsu, Sicco Henricus Godefridus Peeters, Ana Jung
  • Patent number: 12156501
    Abstract: A lettuce cultivar, designated ADEMPACK, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of lettuce cultivar ADEMPACK and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar ADEMPACK with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar ADEMPACK, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar ADEMPACK and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar ADEMPACK with another lettuce cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Southwest Genetics, LLC
    Inventors: Davie Lee Brooks, II, Jon Cody Nickerson
  • Patent number: 12156502
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to seed and plants of inbred watermelon line WTL0096. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of inbred watermelon line WTL0096, and to methods for producing a watermelon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another watermelon plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Nihat Guner
  • Patent number: 12156503
    Abstract: Inbred corn line, designated MO4, are disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line MO4, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line MO4 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line MO4 with itself or another corn line. The disclosure also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line MO4 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line MO4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: KWS SAAT SE &Co. KGaA, Limagrain Europe S.A.
    Inventor: Ivan Barrero
  • Patent number: 12156504
    Abstract: Inbred corn line, designated KW4ER1502, are disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line KW4ER1502, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line KW4ER1502 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line KW4ER1502 with itself or another corn line. The disclosure also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line KW4ER1502 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line KW4ER1502.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: George Musat
  • Patent number: 12156505
    Abstract: A pet seat apparatus for an ATV. The pet seat apparatus includes a seat base with at least one customized side to closely fit contours of a part of the ATV. The seat base includes a first support side for supporting a pet in the ATV and a second support side. The pet seat apparatus also includes a support apparatus for holding the seat base at a desire position in the ATV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Ricky George Maxwell
  • Patent number: 12156506
    Abstract: An assembly includes an inflatable harness having a first loop of webbing, a second loop of webbing, and a panel connecting the first loop of webbing to the second loop of webbing. The assembly includes an inflatable tether extending from the first loop of webbing, the inflatable tether in fluid communication with the inflatable harness. The assembly includes a latch plate fixed to the inflatable tether, the latch plate defining a fluid passage in fluid communication with the inflatable tether to provide inflation medium to the inflatable harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 12156507
    Abstract: A pet toy is shaped like a stylized animal and is generally disc shaped. The pet toy has one or more appendages such as feet which protrude outside of a generally circular perimeter formed by the pet toy body and cause the pet toy to jump and move irregularly when the pet toy is rolled along the ground, simulating an animal which is running along the ground. The pet toy provides increased mental and physical stimulation to an animal chasing the toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Ryan Benitez
  • Patent number: 12156508
    Abstract: A pulley system for enabling an object attached to a line to pass around a rotating pulley at least partially enclosed by a housing, without causing the object to encounter interference from the housing structure as the object passages through. An inward beveled edge of the housing structure may act to guide the line into the pulley groove. An object passthrough window for allowing the object to pass around the pulley while the pulley is rotating, without encumbrance of the object, may comprise a substantially solid, or continuous, inner surface formed of the inward beveled edge and the pulley groove. An exemplary use of the pulley system is in drive or transfer pulleys, or both, in systems utilizing pulley arrangements: for example, in systems such as lure coursing systems that continuously loop a line having a lure attached, for the enjoyment of domesticated animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventors: Meghan Wolfgram, John Ritter
  • Patent number: 12156509
    Abstract: A no choke, control harness may include a main harness strap comprising a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a midpoint. The main harness strap may define a lateral orientation and may be configured for draping across the withers of a quadruped. The harness may also include a first and second leg loops extending respective ends of the main harness strap in respective first and second lateral direction. The leg loops may be configured for positioning around respective forelegs of the quadruped. Each leg loop may be formed from a strap having a first end and a second end opposite the first end sharing a top surface and a bottom surface wherein the top surface of the first end is connected to the bottom surface of the second end. The harness may also include a leash attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel Edward Rovang
  • Patent number: 12156510
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a collar that can output a first corrective action having a first correction magnitude, detect feedback information, and determine a second correction magnitude based at least in part on the feedback information. The collar can output a second corrective action responsive to determining that the collar is within a predetermined distance from an adverse device. The collar can receive map data and automatically determine a first geographical area in which it is permissible for a collar to be located and/or a second geographical area in which it is impermissible for the collar to be located, the collar being related to the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Protect Animals with Satellites, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Scott Ehrman, Michael Ehrman
  • Patent number: 12156511
    Abstract: A Canine Flotation Device is a flotation aid for dogs undergoing water-based physical therapy rehabilitation. The device has of a section of hard foam, such as Styrofoam® which floats upon the surface of the water and borders the entire dog. The center of the foam board is cut out to accommodate the dog while the dog is in a “dog paddle” position. The dog is held in place by a textile harness which holds the chest, belly, and hind quarters of the dog. The harness is then attached to the foam board by six (6) nylon straps of which two (2) each are on the front, side, and rear of the foam. Each strap is adjustable to securely fit the dog and allow for proper floatation. It is envisioned that the device would be made available in a plurality of sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Likell Coley
  • Patent number: 12156512
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed include systems, apparatus, and/or methods to receive a target health status of and/or quality of bioproduct produced by a managed livestock and indications of health status and quality of bioproduct. The systems, apparatus, and/or methods generate a set of input vectors based on the target health status or bioproduct quality, and the indications of bioproduct quality, and health status, and provide the set of input vectors to a machine learning model trained to generate an output indicating a feed selection. The feed selection can be included in a feed blend and administered to the managed livestock, such that, upon consumption, it increases a likelihood of collectively improving the health status of the managed livestock and the bioproduct quality of the managed livestock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Substrate Artificial Intelligence SA
    Inventor: James Brennan Worth
  • Patent number: 12156513
    Abstract: A movable livestock grazing enclosure is disclosed for regenerative grazing in agriculture. An example movable livestock grazing enclosure may include a front boom, and a first side boom and a second side boom both attached to the front boom to form a contained grazing paddock. The movable livestock grazing enclosure may also include a trough on at least one of the front boom, the first side boom, and the second side boom. The trough provides at least one of water, food, and food supplements for livestock. The movable livestock grazing enclosure may also include a head unit attached to the front boom. The head unit is configured to move the contained grazing paddock to a predetermined location for grazing the livestock within the contained grazing paddock. In an example, the head unit is at least partly automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Matthew Hornung
  • Patent number: 12156514
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-controlled system for non-invasively identifying the location of the air cell of an egg and determining a preferred extraction point relative to the position of the air cell of the egg, the system having an egg manipulator to hold and orient one or more eggs in a defined position; a candling unit with one or more light sources and one or more detectors; a system configured to run an algorithm for determining the location of the air cell and the preferred extraction point; and a system for positioning the egg relative to an extractor or an egg opener or vice versa from their initial position to the preferred extraction point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: In Ovo Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Wil Marijn Stutterheim, Leonard Van Bommel, Wouter Sebastiaan Bruins, Edwin Dijksterhuis
  • Patent number: 12156515
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tool that can supply liquid pet foods little by little, comprising: a sphere, a container that rotatably supports the sphere and houses a fluid pet food, and a cover that covers the container and has an opening that exposes the sphere in the container to the outside. The pet food adhered to the surface of the sphere is exposed from the opening as the sphere rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: DOGGYMAN H. A. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Sumitsuji
  • Patent number: 12156516
    Abstract: A method for optimizing filtration in an aquaculture system. The method for optimizing filtration includes, taking at least one sample of matter from an aquaculture system, defining at least one predetermined characteristic to test the sample of matter for, testing the at least one sample of matter, determining if the at least one predetermined characteristic is present within the sample, modifying resource distribution within the aquaculture system, taking at least two samples of matter within the aquaculture system, re-defining at least one predetermined characteristic to test the at least two samples of matter for, testing the at least two samples of matter, determining if the re-defined at least one predetermined characteristic is present within the at least two samples of matter and ensuring the filtration system will retain a state of optimization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ATLANTIC SAPPHIRE IP, LLC
    Inventors: Thue Holm, Julian Fiorentino
  • Patent number: 12156517
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides improved humanized IgG1 FCRN mouse models for use, for example, in estimating serum half-life of therapeutic proteins such as monoclonal antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: The Jackson Laboratory
    Inventors: Michael V. Wiles, Derry C. Roopenian, Greg Christianson, Benjamin E. Low