ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,345, issued on June 30, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).
"Data capture device" was invented by Jason Y. Potter (New York), Eric Z. Brennan (Lindenhurst, N.Y.), Yegor D. Sinelnikov (Port Jefferson, N.Y.) and Eric Trongone (Coram, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example handheld data capture device may include a housing including a head portion and a handle portion extending from the head portion, the head portion having an external wall with a hole formed therethrough. A data capture module is positioned within the housing and an audio device is positioned within and mounted to the housing. A water...