ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,640, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to George Schmitt & Co. Inc (Guilford, Conn.).

"Apparatus and method for testing Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) inlays employing waveguides" was invented by William G. Gunther (Essex, Conn.) and James W. Hough (Guilford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for testing inlays employing a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol that are carried on a web, and for removing from the web inlays that are not functioning within defined parameters, includes an energizing device that energizes the inlays, a plurality of singulation readers disposed downstream of the energizing device that simultaneously int...