ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,534, issued on Sept. 2.

"Identification verification system and related methods" was invented by Ryan Antrim (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Andrey Stanovnov (Kenner, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for identification verification. A system may receive a request for identification verification, a first image with a likeness of an individual, and a second image with an identification document of the individual. The system may determine whether the identification document corresponds to a valid form of identification using pattern validation of one or more authenticity eleme...