Patent Position Review
CERES TAGACorporate & U.S. Market ProfileBPublicly Disclosed Technology ArchitectureCPatent Element MappingDStrongest Evidence of OverlapEWhat the Kahler Patent Contains That Is …FEvidence SourcesGAssessment & Questions for Legal Review

CERES TAG — Page B

Publicly Disclosed Technology Architecture

What is publicly disclosed

Reviewed public capability set

  • Direct-to-satellite livestock communications
  • GPS
  • Livestock location
  • Geofencing
  • Boundary breach notifications
  • Movement analytics
  • Grazing
  • Resting
  • Rumination
  • Behavioural analysis
  • Abnormal behaviour
  • Health / welfare alerts
  • Unusual high / low activity
  • Alerts concerning sickness or injury
  • Potential calving complications
  • Theft
  • Entrapment
  • Environmental stress
  • Individual and herd analytics
  • Integration with other livestock-management platforms

Why this matters to the patent position

CERES RANCHER material specifically identifies location tracking, geofencing, boundary-breach notification, abnormal behaviour patterns, early health intervention and satellite communications.

Structural mapping

Kahler architecture vs. disclosed architecture

Kahler architectureCERES TAG — publicly disclosed
Property boundaryGeofence
ZonesGeofence areas (single-domain)
Livestock associated with propertyIndividual and herd analytics
Distributed sensorsEar tag GPS, accelerometry and behavioural sensing
External dataIntegration with other livestock-management platforms
Unusual occurrenceAbnormal behaviour, entrapment, theft, environmental stress indications
AlertReal-time alerts via satellite
Communications embodimentDirect-to-satellite transmission
Corporate & U.S. Market ProfilePatent Element Mapping