ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,134, issued on March 31, was assigned to PayRange LLC (Portland, Ore.).

"Systems and methods for tool activation and display cabinet locking" was invented by Paresh K. Patel (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods for tool activation and display cabinet locking. In one aspect, a method for activating a product is performed at the product. The product includes a power supply, a controller, a persistent memory coupled to the controller, and a radio module. The product is configured to be operable in a plurality of states, and a state of the product is in an inactivated state. The method include...