US Patent Issued to Target Brands on July 29 for "System and method of using keys that have a barcode identifier and an RFID tag" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,656, issued on July 29, was assigned to Target Brands Inc. (Minneapolis).

"System and method of using keys that have a barcode identifier and an RFID tag" was invented by Christopher M. Brakob (Maple Grove, Minn.), Andrew J. Wipf (Jordan, Minn.), Kathleen J. Roush (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Jason M. Kadrmas (Lauderdale, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A keyset includes a plurality of keys, a holder attached to each of the keys in the plurality of keys, an RFID tag positioned within the holder, and a barcode positioned within the holder. A system includes a server and a first handheld device configured to scan a barcode on a keyset...