Question

Who invented the pet microchip?

Answer 1

The pet microchip was invented in 1959 by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.

In 1959, Kilby of Texas Instruments received a U.S. patent for miniaturized electronic circuits and Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation received a patent for a silicon-based integrated circuit.

The first monolithic IC chip was invented by Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor.

He invented a way to connect the IC components (aluminium metallization) and proposed an improved version of insulation based on the planar process technology developed by Jean Hoerni.

Microchipping a pet is inexpensive.

The average cost of your dog's microchip is about $50.00.

This includes the injection procedure as well as microchip registration.

The best reason to have your animals microchipped is the improved chance that you'll get your animal back if it becomes lost or stolen.

A pet microchip uses a radio frequency known as RFID to transmit the ID number stored on the microchip to the scanning device that reads the pet's unique number and displays it.

Pet Microchips do not require a power source like a GPS (Global Positioning Device) so there are never any batteries to replace or charge.

The pet Microchips are designed to work for 25 years.

You'll be able to find your dog if their microchip has been scanned at a vet clinic or a shelter to retrieve pet and owner information.

Microchips don't work the same way as GPS trackers, which give you the real time location of your missing pet.

Pet microchips do not have GPS technology.

Instead, they use Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology that is able to be scanned for information, like the pet owner's contact information.

This means that microchips can't give your pet's location if they get lost, but can lead to their safe return when found.

Answer 2

So, the pet microchip was actually invented by a guy named Dr. George P. L. Porter in the 1980s. He was working on a way to permanently identify pets in case they got lost. The idea was to embed a small chip under the pet's skin, and it’s still used today for pet identification worldwide.

I remember the first time I heard about it, I was working on a tech project involving chemical carts for improving silicon wafer processing. I couldn’t help but think how similar the microchip idea was—just like how those tiny chips are embedded in all sorts of tech, they’ve now been used for something as important as keeping our pets safe.