US Patent Issued to InVue Security Products on April 15 for "Merchandise display security systems and methods" (North Carolina, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,822, issued on April 15, was assigned to InVue Security Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Merchandise display security systems and methods" was invented by Jeffrey A. Grant (Charlotte, N.C.), Jonathon D. Phillips (Fort Mill, S.C.), Christopher J. Fawcett (Charlotte, N.C.), Karen Bellum Bomber (Lake Wylie, S.C.), Larry T. McKinney (Huntersville, N.C.) and William M. Warren (Fort Mill, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Merchandise security systems and methods are provided. In one example, a merchandise security system includes a plurality of electronic keys and a plurality of merchandise security devices located within a retail store....