ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,279, issued on March 25.

"Label with wireless communication capability for vial or tube" was invented by Gourgen Ambartsoumian (Laval, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A label for a tube having a diameter D may have a transparent facestock. A printing area is defined on a first surface of the transparent facestock, the printing area configured to receive data thereon, the printing area covering only a portion of the transparent facestock, whereby a shielding portion of the length of the label is transparent. An adhesive layer is on a second surface of the facestock. A wireless communication inlay is adhered to the adhesive laye...