ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,118, issued on Feb. 17.
"Age verification system, method and apparatus" was invented by Ronald Eric Tobb (Stevensville, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system and techniques disclosed herein perform advanced and automatic age verification. The age verification system (AVS) is designed for automated and accurate age-restricted access control and age verification for the sale of age-controlled products. For example, the AVS can be employed to perform age-verification to permit the legal sale/purchase of age-controlled products such as alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and the like, and Also, the AVS can be used to control legal access...