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Smart Animal Garment: AI-Powered Health Monitoring System

Publication ID: 24-11856924_0003_PTD
Published: October 26, 2025
Category:Synergistic Combinations

Legal Citation

pr1or.art Inc., “Smart Animal Garment: AI-Powered Health Monitoring System,” Published Technical Disclosure No. 24-11856924_0003_PTD, Published October 26, 2025, available at https://archive.pr1or.art/24-11856924_0003_PTD
This technical disclosure describes improvements that would be readily apparent to a Person Having Ordinary Skill In The Art (PHOSITA) when considered in combination with the foundational architecture disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 11,856,924.

Background and Problem Solved

The original patent disclosed a smart animal garment for monitoring health and wellbeing, but it had limitations in terms of data analysis, real-time monitoring, and performance optimization. This new invention addresses these limitations by synergistically combining the garment with cutting-edge technologies to create a more powerful system.

Novelty and Inventive Step

The new claims introduce the synergistic combination of the smart garment with AI, IoT, blockchain, and new materials, which provides a novel and non-obvious solution for monitoring and enhancing animal health, wellbeing, and performance. The integration of these technologies enables real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, and secure rewards, which are not possible with the original patent alone.

Alternative Embodiments and Variations

Alternative embodiments may include integrating the smart garment with other technologies like machine learning, computer vision, or robotics. Variations may include using different types of sensors, energy harvesting systems, or blockchain platforms. Additionally, the system could be adapted for use with different species or in various environments.

Potential Commercial Applications and Market

The smart animal garment system has significant commercial potential in the animal health and wellbeing industry, particularly in the equine, livestock, and pet markets. The system's ability to provide real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, and secure rewards could revolutionize the way animal owners and caregivers monitor and optimize animal performance.

CPC Classifications

SectionClassGroup
A A01 A01K29/005
A A01 A01K11/008
A A01 A01K13/008
A A61 A61B5/002
A A61 A61B5/02055
A A61 A61B5/0533
A A61 A61B5/11
A A61 A61B5/1112
A A61 A61B5/6801
A A61 A61B5/6804
A A61 A61B5/6805
B B68 B68C1/02
B B68 B68C1/12
A A61 A61B5/024
A A61 A61B5/0816
A A61 A61B2503/40
A A61 A61B2562/0219

Field of Art

Animal health monitoring technologies, wearable sensor systems, veterinary biomedical engineering, with expertise in sensor integration, data analytics, and animal physiological monitoring

Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile

A biomedical engineer or veterinary technologist with advanced knowledge of sensor technologies, data processing systems, and animal health monitoring techniques, familiar with IoT, machine learning, and wearable sensor design

Obviousness Rationale

A PHOSITA would recognize that integrating advanced computational technologies like AI, blockchain, and IoT with the existing horse monitoring garment represents a predictable extension of the source patent's core monitoring concept. The fundamental sensor-based health tracking framework provides a natural foundation for incorporating more sophisticated data processing and management technologies. These technological integrations represent standard evolutionary steps in medical monitoring systems that would be obvious to a skilled practitioner.

Obvious Combinations & Variations

Source Patent Element
Horse monitoring garment with integrated heart and movement sensors
PTD Variation
Adding AI-powered predictive analytics module for processing sensor data
Obviousness Reasoning
Applying machine learning to sensor data is a known technique for extracting advanced insights, representing a predictable technological progression in health monitoring systems
Source Patent Element
Sensor-equipped garment for tracking physiological parameters
PTD Variation
Implementing blockchain-based secure data storage and performance reward system
Obviousness Reasoning
Blockchain represents a standard method for secure, transparent data management that would be an obvious enhancement to existing monitoring technologies
Source Patent Element
Moisture and movement sensors in animal garment
PTD Variation
Integrating energy harvesting materials to power sensor systems
Obviousness Reasoning
Self-powering sensor systems are a known design optimization in wearable technologies, representing a finite set of predictable engineering solutions
Source Patent Element
Horse health monitoring garment with chest and back sensor zones
PTD Variation
Expanding sensor types to include temperature, IoT connectivity, and advanced data processing
Obviousness Reasoning
Expanding sensor capabilities and connectivity represents a standard technological evolution that would be obvious to a skilled practitioner
35 U.S.C. § 103 Summary: Based on US Patent 11856924's foundational horse monitoring garment technology, the present disclosure demonstrates that integrating AI, blockchain, IoT, and advanced sensor technologies represents an obvious technological progression that would be readily conceived by a person having ordinary skill in animal health monitoring technologies, thereby establishing prior art that would render similar claimed innovations non-patentable under 35 U.S.C. Section 103.

Original Patent Information

Patent NumberUS 11,856,924
TitleGarment
Assignee(s)Equimetrics Limited