US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY, Brown University on May 12 for "Biometry with challenge response pair mechanism" (Arizona, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,484, issued on May 12, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Brown University (Providence, R.I.).

"Biometry with challenge response pair mechanism" was invented by Bertrand F Cambou (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Jeffrey Hoffstein (Providence, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for the encoding an encryption key for secure storage are disclosed. The methods rely on the use of unclonable, one-way functions, such as images of biological objects that may be measured according to challenges to result in responses. A biometric print of a biological object is measured with ...