Method for tagging macro-organisms
First Claim
1. A method for tagging members of a large group of macro-organisms so that each member of the group is assigned to a respective subgroup, comprising the steps of:
- providing a continuous length of wire;
indelibly marking said wire along the length thereof with a sequence of separate and distinct identification codes, each of said codes including a respective multidigit numeral with individual digits disposed in a linear array extending in a longitudinal direction along the length of said wire, said identification codes being greater in number than an algebraic number base of the nultidigit numerals, each of the multidigit numberals being flanked on opposite sides in the longitudinal direction by a first multidigit numeral of a first one of said identification codes and by a second multidigit numeral of a second one of said identification codes and having exactly one digit differing in value from a corresponding digit of said first multidigit numeral and exactly one digit differing in value from a corresponding digit of said second multidigit numeral;
successively severing substantially equal length segments from said wire at one end thereof;
storing, for later reference in identifying a macro-organism, a first one of said segments upon a severing thereof from said wire;
implanting at least a subsequent one of said segments in a respective one of said macro-organisms upon a severing of said subsequent one of said segments from said wire subsequent to the severing of said first one of said segments; and
storing another one of said segments upon a severing thereof from said wire subsequently to the severing of said subsequent one of said segment.
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Abstract
In a method for tagging members of a large group of macro-organisms so that each macro-organism is assigned to a respective subgroup, successive segments of wire are cut from a continuous length of wire. During implantation, a tag is ejected and stored to define the beginning of a set of successive tags corresponding to a subgroup of macro-organisms. The tags of that subgroup are then severed from the length of wire and implanted into respective members of the particular subgroup. Subsequently, another tag is severed from the wire and stored to mark the end of the subgroup. Upon capture of a member of a subgroup, the tag is excised, the respective multidigit code is read and compared with the multidigit codes of the stored tags to determine to which subgroup the captured macro-organism belongs.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for tagging members of a large group of macro-organisms so that each member of the group is assigned to a respective subgroup, comprising the steps of:
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providing a continuous length of wire; indelibly marking said wire along the length thereof with a sequence of separate and distinct identification codes, each of said codes including a respective multidigit numeral with individual digits disposed in a linear array extending in a longitudinal direction along the length of said wire, said identification codes being greater in number than an algebraic number base of the nultidigit numerals, each of the multidigit numberals being flanked on opposite sides in the longitudinal direction by a first multidigit numeral of a first one of said identification codes and by a second multidigit numeral of a second one of said identification codes and having exactly one digit differing in value from a corresponding digit of said first multidigit numeral and exactly one digit differing in value from a corresponding digit of said second multidigit numeral; successively severing substantially equal length segments from said wire at one end thereof; storing, for later reference in identifying a macro-organism, a first one of said segments upon a severing thereof from said wire; implanting at least a subsequent one of said segments in a respective one of said macro-organisms upon a severing of said subsequent one of said segments from said wire subsequent to the severing of said first one of said segments; and storing another one of said segments upon a severing thereof from said wire subsequently to the severing of said subsequent one of said segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for tagging members of a large group of macro-organisms so that each member of the group is assigned to a respective subgroup, comprising the steps of:
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providing a continuous length of wire indelibly marked along the length thereof with a sequence of separate and distinct identification codes, each of said codes including a respective multidigit numeral with individual digits disposed in a linear array extending in a longitudinal direction along the length of said wire, said identification codes being greater in number than an algebraic number base of the multidigit numerals, each of the multidigit numerals being flanked on opposite sides in the longitudinal direction by a first multidigit numeral of a first one of said identification codes and by a second multidigit numeral of a second of said identification codes and having exactly one digit differing in value from a corresponding digit of said first multidigit numeral and exactly one digit differing in value from a corresponding digit of said second multidigit numeral; successively severing substantially equal length segments from said wire at one end thereof; storing, for later reference in identifying a macro-organism, a first one of said segments upon a severing thereof from said wire; implanting at least a subsequent one of said segments in a respective one of said macro-organisms upon a severing of said subsequent one of said segments from said wire subsequently to the severing of said first one of said segments; and storing another one of said segments upon a severing thereof from said wire subsequently to the severing of said subsequent one of said segments. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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