ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,134, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Hanshow Technology Co. Ltd. (Jiaxing, China).

"Electronic shelf label" was invented by Linjiang Wang (Zhejiang, China), Hongbo Shen (Zhejiang, China), Ming Yang (Zhejiang, China), Jianguo Zhao (Zhejiang, China), Yunliang Feng (Zhejiang, China) and Shiguo Hou (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an electronic shelf label, including a rear shell (1), a screen (4), a protective sheath (5) and a lens (6). The protective sheath (5) is sheathed on an outer side of the screen (4), an accommodation groove (101) is formed on the rear shell (1), and the screen (4)...