ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,953, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to NEXANS (Courbevoie, France).

"Power cable equipped with an electronic device for radiofrequency identification" was invented by Nicolas Rousselet (Saint-Genis-Laval, France), Cedric Lumpp (Boulogne-Billancourt, France), Larry Drayton Land (El Dorado, Ark.), Anthony Raines (Lillie, La.), Aymeric Andre (Antibes, France) and Frederique Kalb (Boncourt, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power cable (10) includes at least one electrical conductor (12) and at least one interstice (14) in the vicinity of the electrical conductor (12). The cable (10) further has at least one electronic device (18) f...