ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,580, issued on April 21, was assigned to Scannable NZ Ltd. (Wanaka, New Zealand).
"Grommet identifier tag" was invented by Robert Partridge (Wanaka, New Zealand) and Martin Mudry (Wanaka, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a grommet comprising a body, an enclosure configured to be moulded onto a portion of the body; and an identifier tag enclosed within the body and enclosure. Also described is a carabiner comprising at least one grommet thereon along with a method of manufacture of the grommet and method of assembly of the carabiner and grommet. The grommet may comprise a body comprising a partial or com...