US Patent Issued to InVue Security Products on Sept. 30 for "Programmable security system and method for protecting merchandise" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,005, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to InVue Security Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Programmable security system and method for protecting merchandise" was invented by Christopher J. Fawcett (Charlotte, N.C.) and Jeffrey A. Grant (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A programmable security system and method for protecting an item of merchandise includes a programming station, a programmable key and a security system. The programming station generates a security code and communicates the security code to a memory of the programmable key. The programmable key initially communicates the security code to a memory of the...