ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,725, issued on July 29, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Battery management system for monitoring a battery status" was invented by Mukesh V. Choudhary (Navi Mumbai, India), Ajay Sood (Bangalore, India) and Charles W. Roark (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery management system is disclosed herein. The battery management system may monitor a charge cycle of a battery. The battery management system may determine a degradation rate of the battery. The battery management system may determine a usage pattern of the battery based on usage of the battery during a time period. The battery ma...