ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,912, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to RGIS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Scanning system using ring scanner and terminal device" was invented by Asaf Cohen (Ramat Gan, Israel), Sudipta Nandy (Charlotte, N.C.), Ruth Percik (Ramat Gan, Israel), David Kagan (Tel Aviv, Israel), Patrick Marcel Gilbert Andre Chossat (Chatal, France), Mathieu Durieux (Helecine, Belgium), John Frazer Cundall (Sheffield, Great Britain) and Jerome Thur (Les Pinthieres, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanner system includes a scanner device and a terminal device. A housing of the scanner device is attached to an index finger of a...