ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,217, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

"Radiofrequency reading system on board a means of transport" was invented by Julien Destraves (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Laurent Couturier (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Pierre Guinault (Clermont-Ferrand, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Transport means (2) equipped with a movable assembly (1) comprises a first part (12) set in motion about an axis of rotation (102) by a second assembly (11), the movable assembly (1) being equipped with a radiofrequency transponder (100) and a reading system (3) comprising: a gene...