ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,283, issued on July 8, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Methods and apparatus to provide indications of shutdown states devices" was invented by Christopher P. Klicpera (Westbury, N.Y.) and Edward Barkan (Miller Place, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for providing indications of shutdown states for handheld devices are disclosed herein. An example handheld device includes a power source, a power source monitor, an indicator, and a processor disposed inside a housing. The power source monitor is configured to detect whether the power source has reached a pre-determined amount of ...