Coding for animal ID marking
US9578853B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01K11/006
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Symbologies suitable for use marking codes on rodent tails are disclosed, for both machine-readable and human-readable codes, and those codes combined. Codes comprising both a human-readable and a machine-readable portion may associate with an animal ID within one study, and a study ID within a vivarium, respectively. A human-readable code uses a subset of an alphanumeric symbol set. A machine-readable code uses a vine-code with a visible spine aligned with the rodent's tail. Both symbologies support a system for deleting symbols and correcting codes marked in error. Both symbologies use symbol sets comprising only horizontal and vertical line segments. Both symbologies include a sparse mapping table for mapping marking codes to animal and study ID, and for error detection and for code re-use.
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