ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,574, issued on Sept. 15.

"Associating assets using RFID-RF wireless gateways" was invented by Hendrik J Volkerink (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Ajay Khoche (West San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is disclosed for tracking and monitoring sets of assets in or on a container using RFID-RF tags associated with the assets. The system comprises a specimen holder bin or similar container and a wireless tag affixed to the specimen holder bin. The specimen bin holder is configured to hold a plurality of assets. The wireless tag comprises a radio frequency identifier (RFID) circuit, a radio frequency (RF) circuit, a processor...