ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,902, issued on March 24, was assigned to Panduit Corp. (Tinley Park, Ill.).

"Cable management system and method" was invented by Kevin A. Marley (Joliet, Ill.), Brian L. Kelly (Oak Forest, Ill.), Frank J. Graczyk (New Lenox, Ill.), Daniel E. Host (Orland Park, Ill.), Shawn T. Kemp (Crete, Ill.) and Andrew J. Stroede (Frankfort, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable management system includes multiple cables, each having a unique identifier associated therewith and each including first and second barcodes including the unique identifier, the first barcode located proximate a first end of the cable, the second barcode located pr...