ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,643, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"System and method for monitoring cargo during transportation" was invented by Timothy W. Anstey (Seattle), Lawrence Dean Hettick (Snohomish, Wash.), Kevin S. Callahan (Shoreline, Wash.), Kyle Mclaren Hadley (Kirkland, Wash.), Christopher John Padilla-Diffoot (Mountlake Terrace, Wash.), Thomas Edwin Garabedian (Bothell, Wash.) and Aaliah Oladumni Amosu (Waldorf, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring system and method of monitoring cargo on a vehicle during transport. The monitoring includes determining the location of the cargo that is loaded on the ...