US Patent Issued to CommScope Connectivity UK, CommScope Technologies on Nov. 4 for "Overlay-based asset location and identification system" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. RE50,653, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CommScope Connectivity UK Ltd. (London) and CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, N.C.).

"Overlay-based asset location and identification system" was invented by Kevin David Townend (Flintshire, Great Britain), John Michael Hulse (Gwynedd, Great Britain), Ian Butler (Cheadle, Great Britain), David Thomas (Chester, Great Britain) and Joseph Polland (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network asset location system and methods of its use and operation are disclosed. In one aspect, the network asset location system includes a mobile application component executable on a mobile device...