ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,847, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Method, apparatus, and electronic device for processing product traceability chain information" was invented by Kang Wang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and electronic devices for processing product traceability chain information. The method comprises: determining one or more processing stages associated with a traceability chain of a product; acquiring video information associated with each of the one or more processing stages of the traceability chain; and spl...