ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,237, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Alitheon Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Personal history in track and trace system" was invented by Justin Lynn Withrow (Bellevue, Wash.), Mark Tocci (Bellevue, Wash.), David Keesu Kim (Bellevue, Wash.), David Justin Ross (Bellevue, Wash.) and Scot E. Land (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods associated with personal history in a track and trace system are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method includes acquiring first information corresponding to a physical object; identifying first authentication data based on the first information; storing the first authentic...