ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,376, issued on June 17, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Tracking device with multiple radio frequency identification tags and associated methods" was invented by Martin Lumsdon (Haresfield, Great Britain), Saritha Route (Bangalore, India), Christoph Raisch (Gerlingen, Germany) and Mike Ghoraishi (Hisingsbacka, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking device is provided including a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags each having an integrated circuit and a support member having a plurality of detachable portions each detachable portion supporting one of the plurality o...