ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,324, issued on Sept. 29.
"System and method for authentication of antique porcelain" was invented by Sean Cheng (West Covina, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a method and system for authenticating antique porcelain (i.e., antique Chinese porcelain) using a portable handheld electronic microscope and an electronic computing device. The method involves capturing magnified images of a porcelain item and analyzing the images to identify twelve predefined features indicative of antique porcelain. These features include aging and whitening of glaze bubbles, three-dimensional bubble distribution, significant ...