Animal control system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8599026
APP PUB NO 20110109460A1
SERIAL NO

12943481

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An animal control system for use in a plant to facilitate management of the trapping of animals in the plant, the system including: a plurality of animal traps located at discrete locations of the plant, each trap including an animal sensor associated with the trap for detecting an animal trapped in the trap and a transceiver in electronic communication with the animal sensor, the transceiver having an identifier unique to the trap with which it is associated; and a computer system having a plurality of computers in communication with one another for receiving and reporting information relating to conditions of the traps. The discrete locations of the traps are obtained and input into a computer processor for processing to yield a computer generated template of the plant having a template of the plant with the discrete locations of the traps.

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NISUS CORPORATION100 NISUS DRIVE ROCKFORD TN 37853

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barnes, J Adrian Knoxville, US 1 34
Gorman, James Rockford, US 7 167
Kintz-Early, Janet Rockford, US 4 42
Kirkland, Kevin L Rockford, US 6 58
Lay, Travis Knoxville, US 1 34
Lloyd, Jeffrey D Rockford, US 19 156
Schwalb, Ronald T Rockford, US 6 49
Todd, Richard Knoxville, US 27 1774

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