ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,055, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Bioptic indicia reader assembly" was invented by Edward Barkan (Miller Place, N.Y.), Darran Michael Handshaw (Sound Beach, N.Y.) and Mark Drzymala (Saint James, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example bioptic indicia reader assembly includes: a housing having an upper housing portion and a generally upright window positioned in the upper housing portion; and a platter having a proximal edge adjacent the upper housing portion. The upper housing portion comprises a first protrusion located on a first side of a longitudinal centerline of the ...