ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,994, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Segoma Ltd. (Herzeliya, Israel).

"Counter pad for jewelry" was invented by Gilad Kapelushnik (Herzeliya, Israel) and Amit Eldar (Herzeliya, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a counter pad, comprising: a non-abrasive and flexible surface including: a work surface designed for placement of jewelry, and a data communication interface configured for communicating with at least one screen for presenting the data associated with an identifier of the jewelry, an RFID antenna(s) positioned within the non-abrasive and flexible surface and below the work surface, the RFID antenna(s)...