U.S. Patent Position Analysis
Merck / Vence / SenseHubACorporate & U.S. Market ProfileBPublicly Disclosed Technology ArchitectureCPatent Element MappingDAreas of Technical CorrespondenceEPatent Architecture Elements Not Identif…FEvidence SourcesGAnalytical Summary and Implementation Ev…HCorporate Technology EcosystemIVence — Publicly Disclosed FunctionalityJSenseHub Feedlot — AI Evidence CardKScale and U.S. RelevanceLCombined Ecosystem Question

Merck Animal Health — Vence & SenseHub — Page H

Corporate Technology Ecosystem

Do not map Merck as one product. The review separates Vence, SenseHub Feedlot and relevant broader SenseHub livestock intelligence.

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Vence

Acquired by Merck in 2022. Merck publicly stated that Vence uses connected sensors, artificial intelligence and animal behavioural research, and Vence was publicly described as available in the United States.

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SenseHub Feedlot

Electronic ear tags with accelerometers and temperature sensing feeding a data gateway and machine-learning algorithms that identify animals varying from baseline norms.

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Broader SenseHub livestock intelligence

SenseHub Dairy provides the scale evidence for U.S. adoption of the platform family. Merck described Vence as complementary to its identification, traceability and monitoring portfolio — an ecosystem relationship that matters to the strategic analysis.

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