US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on April 21 for "Wireless handheld beacon device for building management" (Wisconsin, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,988, issued on April 21, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Wireless handheld beacon device for building management" was invented by Jonathan D. Boulos (Appleton, Wis.), Galdric Marcotte (Alpharetta, Ga.), Vannarak DeMonteiro (Suwanee, Ga.) and Shawn J. Sullivan (Neenah, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A key can be configured for interfacing with a dispenser in a commercial facility, the key can include a body and key hardware configured to unlock the dispenser. A beacon device can be incorporated into the body and configured to transmit beacon data including an identity of the beacon device. The key ...