ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,894, issued on May 27, was assigned to Reuzzi LLC (Sharon, Mass.).
"System and method for tracking of reusable item" was invented by Cheryl Schnitzer (Easton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present arrangement provides for a method for monitoring the use of reusable containers. Among other features, the present arrangement includes a feature where, after a reusable container is returned to circulation, a communication is received from a mobile device of a second user indicating that the second user has checked out the reusable container after they scan the unique codes applied to the reusable container. A customer account d...