ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,392, issued on June 23, was assigned to Elevation Lab Inc. (Portland, Ore.).

"Apparatuses for tracking articles" was invented by Casey Hopkins (Portland, Ore.) and Jacob Hull (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses for tracking articles comprise a tracking device (12), a body (14), and an electrical network (22). The body (14) defines a device region (16) in which the tracking device (12) is positioned, and a battery region (18) configured to selectively receive and retain one or more batteries (20). The body (14) comprises a base (56) and one or more covers (58) operatively coupled to the base (56) to permit place...