ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,075, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Auquin Inc. (San Diego).
"Tamper-evident label and item authentication system" was invented by Rob Robbers (Solana Beach, Calif.) and John Milito (Daniel Island, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tamper-evident item authentication label may include a substrate layer that includes a first substrate side and a second substrate side, a first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer, a first unique indicium, a second unique indicium, and a plurality of cuts across the first unique indicium and the second unique indicium extending through at least a portion of a thickness of the substrate layer. ...