Patent Position Review
Merck / Vence / SenseHubACorporate & U.S. Market ProfileBPublicly Disclosed Technology ArchitectureCPatent Element MappingDStrongest Evidence of OverlapEWhat the Kahler Patent Contains That Is …FEvidence SourcesGAssessment & Questions for Legal ReviewHCorporate Technology EcosystemIVence — Publicly Disclosed FunctionalityJSenseHub Feedlot — AI Evidence CardKScale and U.S. RelevanceLCombined Ecosystem Question

Merck Animal Health — Vence & SenseHub — Page J

SenseHub Feedlot — AI Evidence Card

Merck expressly states that collected data is used by machine-learning algorithms to identify cattle varying from baseline norms. A current app description describes advanced AI algorithms analysing outlier behaviour for individuals and groups.

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Disclosed U.S. functionality

  • Electronic livestock ear tags
  • Temperature monitoring
  • Activity monitoring
  • Continuous monitoring
  • Accelerometers
  • Data gateway / platform
  • Machine-learning algorithms
  • Baseline / outlier identification
  • Automatically generated animal lists requiring assessment
  • Customizable alerts
  • Mobile / computer interface
  • Identifying potentially sick animals before obvious clinical signs

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Limitations of this evidence

The disclosed machine learning operates on animal-derived baselines. Reviewed material does not establish AI selection of a most-likely emergency category across heterogeneous property hazards, nor severity determination using property context.

Vence — Publicly Disclosed FunctionalityScale and U.S. Relevance