US Patent Issued to Ferret Systems on Oct. 21 for "Item tracking system with electronic tracking labels containing sensors" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,554, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Ferret Systems Inc. (San Diego).

"Item tracking system with electronic tracking labels containing sensors" was invented by Gary Leung (San Jose, Calif.), Venu Gutlapalli (San Diego) and Joseph Reddy (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking and monitoring system that uses "smart" tracking labels with printed label information on the top and electronics and sensors embedded in thin, flexible layers underneath. Labels may be used to track the location of items, and to monitor item parameters such as temperature, shock, weight, or tampering. Tracking labels may have communications inter...