ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,341, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to A-1 PACKAGING SOLUTIONS INC. (St. Charles, Ill.).

"Compact rugged RFID electronics system" was invented by Kenneth F. Schoening (St. Charles, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact RFID electronics container of an inventory tracking and management system includes a housing with an interior volume and one or more walls at least partially defining the interior volume. A transmitter and a voltage converter are disposed in the interior volume of the housing. The voltage converter is electrically coupled to the transmitter. A first connection port is disposed through the one or more walls of ...