ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,070, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Datalogic IP Tech S.R.L. (Calderara di Reno, Italy).

"Fixed retail scanners with illumination assemblies having different sub-groups of LEDs and related method" was invented by Michael Ahten (Eugene, Ore.), Brett Howard (Eugene, Ore.) and Ryan Thompson (Eugene, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure includes a fixed retail scanner including a data reader. The data reader includes illumination assemblies that include different LED sub-groups that are co-located within its respective assembly. These illumination assemblies may be identically constructed and installed at various positi...