Code for animal ID marking
US10114994B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K19/06028
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An animal identification code is described comprising two numbers, one of which is encoded into a human-readable marking and the other of which is encoded into a machine-readable marking, where the two numbers and the two encodings are different. The combination of the two numbers, plus additional information not marked on a first animal, such as time of read, is looked up a first table to determine conditional validity and from there to a second table to determine a valid and unique animal ID associated with the animal, a primary key. The animal may be a rodent in a vivarium and the markings may be tattooed on the animal tail. The second marking may be a vine code with a spine where the spine is aligned with the animal tail. The first number may be unique within a first animal population such as an animal study. The combination of the first and second marking may be reused on a second animal wherein the lifetimes of the first and second animal do not overlap. The primary key is unique among all animals in a third population, dead or alive.
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