ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,777, issued on April 8, was assigned to Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC (Mentor, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for using RFID technology to identify products" was invented by Mark W. Roth (North Miami, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an RFID system for product identification may include a compartment having a first wall and a second wall that extend toward each other and that together define at least part of a cavity and a channel. The cavity may extend laterally along a first direction and may be configured to contain a suspended package and having a first width may extend along a second directi...