ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,462, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to XUZHOU DRAGON GUARD INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD (Xuzhou, China).

"Electronic anti-theft label of nickel-titanium alloy temperature memory wire" was invented by Wen Zhou (Xuzhou, China), Bin Zhao (Xuzhou, China), Lin Xin (Xuzhou, China) and Shanshan Xu (Xuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic anti-theft label of a nickel-titanium alloy temperature memory wire includes a first housing, a second housing with a boss, a locking beam, a locking catch, a rotating device, a nickel-titanium alloy temperature memory wire, and an unlocking device. The second coil on the unlocking device generat...