ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,249, issued on July 15, was assigned to INVENTOR-E Ltd. (Solihull, Great Britain).
"Asset tag and methods and devices for restocking and asset tracking" was invented by Dean Charles Henry (Solihull, Great Britain) and John Venter (North West Leicestershire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An asset tag adapted to be mounted to an asset. The asset tag comprises a first component encoded with a first ID unique to the asset tag, the first component having a first wireless interface and transmitting first broadcast signals via said first wireless interface over a first range, the first broadcast signals including the first ID...