ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,582, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FITT S.P.A. (Sandrigo, Italy).
"Flexible hose with a QR code" was invented by Andrea Petronilli (Padua, Italy) and Luca Strazzari (Sandrigo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible hose for the transportation of liquids or fluids comprising at least one layer (10) with an exposed surface (11) made of a first polymeric material, the at least one layer (10) having at least one QR code (40) according to the ISO/IEC 18004:2000(E) standard. The at least one QR code (40) includes at least one ink layer (41) printed on at least one portion (12) of the exposed surface (11) of the hose, the ink ...