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Corporate & U.S. Market Profile

Preliminary scores

Investigation ordering

Technical overlap88/100
Evidence confidence98/100
U.S. relevance98/100
Architecture coverage89/100
Commercial priority95/100

Preliminary Patent-Position Investigation Score – not a legal conclusion.

Corporate profile

Gallagher — eShepherd virtual fencing and U.S. animal management

One public South Dakota case identifies a ranch covering approximately 13,000 acres with approximately 1,500 Angus females using eShepherd. Gallagher's U.S. Animal Management site additionally offers fence monitoring, liquid and tank monitoring, virtual fencing and livestock performance technologies — raising an ecosystem question rather than an asserted integration.

U.S. deployments

South Dakota, Illinois, Texas

Scale example

≈13,000 acres, ≈1,500 Angus females (South Dakota case)

Hardware

GPS-enabled neckbands

Adjacent U.S. products

Fence monitoring, liquid / tank monitoring, livestock performance

U.S. market relevance

Publicly identified U.S. activity

eShepherd deployments and customer activity documented in South Dakota, Illinois and Texas.

Headquarters location is not determinative. Global animal management manufacturer. This review focuses on U.S. activity rather than corporate origin.

Evidence timeline

Chronology

  1. Earliest identified disclosureeShepherd virtual fencing neckband system.
  2. U.S. launcheShepherd offered to U.S. ranchers through Gallagher's U.S. animal management channel.
  3. U.S. deploymentCustomer stories documented in South Dakota, Illinois and Texas.
  4. Feature additionsPanic detection described, altering virtual-fence operation on bolting behaviour.
  5. CurrentU.S. site also offers fence monitoring and liquid / tank monitoring products.

Dates can become relevant to priority, prior art, damages, notice, product evolution and continuation strategy. No legal conclusion is drawn automatically from a date.

Publicly Disclosed Technology Architecture