ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,759, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"System, device, product, apparatus, and method for reading syringe information" was invented by Hong Zhu (Glen Rock, N.J.) and Gary Ellerbusch (Nutley, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reader includes a first antenna, a second antenna spaced apart from the first antenna, an RFID reader circuit, and a processor. The first antenna and the second antenna are connected to the RFID reader circuit. The first antenna is configured to receive a first signal from an RFID tag. The second antenna is configured to receive a second signal from the RFID ta...