ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,996, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Indication of the couple pair of remote controls with remote devices functions" was invented by Nicholas J. Ross (Franklin, Ohio), Matthew D. Cowperthwait (Cincinnati), Grace E. Brooks (Cincinnati), Shane R. Adams (Lebanon, Ohio), Joshua P. Morgan (Loveland, Ohio), Taylor W. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio), Leonardo N. Rossoni (Rahway, N.J.), Cory G. Kimball (Hamilton, Ohio), Monica L. Z. Rivard (Cincinnati), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), Jacqueline C. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati), Risto Kojcev (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Felix J. Bork (Schnurpflingen, Germany).

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