Marketing
Name
Distributor Chip
Manufacturer
Phone # Notes
HomeAgain™ Schering-Plough
Registry by AKC
Destron
Fearing
Corporation
800-2FIND-PET The fee for lifetime enrollment is only $9.00. If your dog is enrolled through an AKC-Club Sponsored clinic, the one time enrollment fee is only $7.00. If you have an assistance dog, the enrollment is free. The fee for a transfer of ownership is $6.00. It will also register the # for any chip.
FriendChip™ Avid Avid 800-338-1397
800-336-2843
PETtrac is the database of owner information. Registration with PETtrac is free but $7.50 charge for ownership changes.
InfoPET
Identification
Systems, Inc.
Electronic
Devices,
Ltd

or
TraceNET
Technologies,
Inc.
Trovan 800-722-9353
612-890-2080
In 6/97 a Denver Court placed an injunction against the companies to prevent use of a syringe-implanted transponder system. Effectively, shutting down their tagging of companion animals. It now looks as if the Destron patent may be invalidated after a US Federal Court of Appeals ruling in 7/97.
PetNet™ Anitech
Identification
Systems
Destron
Fearing
Corporation
800-738-6385 It is Canada's national pet registry.

There are also some technology reports and papers listed below that discuss patent problems within the industry.


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Last updated: 7/25/99
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