Trupanion Assigned Patent for Pet Insurance System

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- Trupanion, Seattle, Washington, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,013,530, initially filed Oct. 27, 2015) developed by four co-inventors for a "pet insurance system and method." The co-inventors are Kerri Marshall DVM, Seattle, Washington, Darryl Rawlings, Seattle, Washington, Kathryn Plowman, Seattle, Washington, and Chris Cappelletti, Carnation, Washington.

The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=1,00,13,530.PN.&OS=PN/1,00,13,530&RS=PN/1,00,13,530

The abstract states: "This disclosure relates to a system and method implemented to facilitate real-time medical coverage for veterinary hospitals. More specifically, the disclosure as a pet medical insurance system and method utilizes data available in veterinary hospital practice information systems to facilitate real-time insurance enrollment and claims processing."

Written by Gangadhar Sethi; edited by Sudarshan Harpal.