ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,081, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Activatable indicator platform with RFID focus using microencapsulation" was invented by John Olson (Dayton, N.J.), Eric W. Liberato (Pequannock, N.J.), Brian S. Huffman (Belle Mead, N.J.) and Mohannad Abdo (Clifton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Activatable indicator platforms for integrated circuits using microencapsulation are disclosed herein. An example activatable indicator platform includes an RFID tag, including an antenna; an integrated circuit, electrically connected to the antenna; an electrical loop having an open state and a clo...