ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,337, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l. (Calderara di Reno, Italy).

"System and method for illuminating a target of a barcode reader" was invented by Davide Bruni (Bologna, Italy), Federico Canini (Zola Predosa, Italy), Mattia Fabbri (Savignano sul Rubicone, Italy), Stefano Fracassi (Calderara di Reno, Italy), Davide Gavioli (San Vito di Spilamberto, Italy), Luca Perugini (Bologna, Italy) and Simone Spolzino (Granarolo dell'Emilia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A code reader may include a light source configured to illuminate a target area in which items are to be located for reading machine-readable i...