(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,578,853 B1 Heath Et Al
USOO9578853B1 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,578,853 B1 Heath et al. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 28, 2017 (54) CODING FOR ANIMAL ID MARKING 2008/0252417 A1* 10, 2008 Thomas .................. B66C 13/46 340/10.1 (71) Applicant:- - - Mousera, Inc, San Mateo, CA (US) 2008/0252454 A1* 10/2008 Rodgers ........... GO6K340,572.1 19,07345 (72) Inventors: Kyle Howard Heath, Menlo Park, CA 2011/004383.6 A1* 2/2011 Yanagisawa ........... GO6K 1,121 s s 358/19 (US); Jonathan Betts-Lacroix, 2012/0226288 A1* 9/2012 Mays ..................... AOK 11 OO Belmont, CA (US) 606116 (Continued) (73) Assignee: Vium, Inc, San Mateo FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 ES 20.9 ki 358, U.S.C. 154(b)(b) by 0O. daysdav.S. (Continued) (21) Appl. No.: 14/872,053 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (22) Filed: Sep. 30, 2015 Hidalgo, Manuel; Patient-derivef xenograft models; Cancer Dis (51) Int. Cl. covery AACR Journals; Jul. 15, 2014; 17 pages. G06K 7/10 (2006.01) (Continued) AOIK II/00 (2006.01) (52) U.S. Cl Primary Examiner — Thien M Le CPC .......... 401K 11/005 (2013.01): 401K 11/006 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm Kim Rubin (2013.01) (s.7) ABSTRACT (58) Field of Classification Search CPC .... A01K 11/00: A01K 11/004: A01K 1/0613: Symbologies Suitable for use marking codes on rodent tails AO1 K 2207f15: A01 K 11 FOOS: Aoi K are disclosed, for both machine-readable and human-read 11 FOO6 able codes, and those codes combined.
[Show full text]