US Patent Issued on Aug. 26 for "Methods and apparatus for linking pre-printed labels to product information" (Maryland, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,179, issued on Aug. 26.

"Methods and apparatus for linking pre-printed labels to product information" was invented by David Eagleson Sr. (Severna Park, Md.) and Justin Charles Peterson (Windsor, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for managing inventory is described. The apparatus includes a plurality of labels each having a unique pre-printed indicia. A printer prints machine-readable data corresponding to product information on one or more of the labels, such that the machine-readable data is printed on a same side of the label as the unique pre-printed indicia. An imaging device reads the machine-readable data and th...