ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,211, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NOEL CEDRIC FENSHAM (Durban, South Africa).

"Indicator, and associated management systems and methods using the same" was invented by Noel Cedric Fensham (Durban, South Africa) and Ian Howard Dunt (Cape Town, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are indicators, and associated management systems and methods using said indicators, particularly, though not necessarily exclusively, for use in medical sterilisation applications. The indicators have a planar strip-like body with indicator machine-readable information provided thereon. Advantageously, the indicator machine-readable inform...