ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,152, issued on June 10, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Dual transponder radio frequency identification" was invented by Michael K. Fein (Lake Bluff, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example disclosed method for authenticating a radio frequency identification ("RFID") tag includes receiving a first signal including a first transponder identifier associated with the RFID tag; receiving a second signal including a second transponder identifier, wherein the second transponder identifier is associated with a different transponder than the first transponder identifier; and determining, with circuitry,...