US Patent Issued to Vanguard Products Group on Aug. 5 for "Anti-theft device for electronic merchandise utilizing wireless verification" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,785, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Vanguard Products Group Inc. (Oldsmar, Fla.).

"Anti-theft device for electronic merchandise utilizing wireless verification" was invented by Christopher A. Kelsch (Palm Harbor, Fla.), Francesc Agustin (Clearwater, Fla.), Lee Eckert (Sarasota, Fla.), Wade Zhu (Land O' Lakes, Fla.), William Claude Chazotte (Indian Rocks Beach, Fla.) and Robert Ekle (Land O' Lakes, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-theft device for securing an electronic merchandise against theft. When the electronic merchandise is placed onto a charging platform, the inductive coil within the charging platform of the anti...