ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,960, issued on April 21, was assigned to Ballydel Technologies Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Tagging and authentication of articles using a holographic interference pattern" was invented by Brendan G. DeLacy (Wilmington, Del.), Mark S. Mirotznik (Wilmington, Del.) and Benjamin S. Garrett (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computerized system for uniquely tagging and verifying authenticity of an article comprising: an object having a curvature; a computer system adapted to: receive a three-dimensional predetermined image, create a holographic interference pattern created according to the three-dimensional predetermined im...