Patents
US 8261694 B2: Cattle management method and system
- Granted
- 2012-09-11
- Filed
- 2011-08-23 application 13215983
- Type
- Utility · 26 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An automated method and system for individual animal electronic identification, measurement, and management of cattle in a feedlot. Through the use of a computer system integrated with individual animal identification, multiple measurement and remeasurement systems, and a handling and sorting system, animals are individually identified and measured. The computer system calculates optimum slaughter weight, economic end point and marketing date for shipment to a packing plant. Individual animals are sorted by the computer in response to calculations from the measurements. The computer system stores individual animal measurement, performance and location data, which is used to select animals for shipment to slaughter at the optimum time. At the slaughter facility, the animal's identification is used to correlate the live animal physical characteristics and performance data to the carcass characteristics data and build a-database to more accurately identify and measure value-based characteristics in subsequent animals for more effective selection and management.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg120911.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MWI Veterinary Supply Co. 16 patents | US company or organization | Meridian, ID | MWI VETERINARY SUPPLY, INC. SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William C. Pratt | Canyon, TX | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q40/10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A01K | Animal husbandry; aviculture; apiculture; pisciculture; fishing; rearing or breeding animals, not otherwise provided for; new breeds of animals | A01K1/0023 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A61B | Diagnosis; surgery; identification | A61B8/0858 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-22 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MICRO BEEF TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. signed 2011-10-31 | MWI VETERINARY SUPPLY CO. MERIDIAN, ID | 27913/213 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2011-08-24 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | PRATT, WILLIAM C. signed 2008-10-30 | MICRO BEEF TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. AMARILLO, TX | 26802/811 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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