US Patent Issued to DATASHIELD on June 16 for "System and method for tracking document shredding and voter ballots" (Nebraska, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,657,981, issued on June 16, was assigned to DATASHIELD Corp. (Omaha, Neb.).

"System and method for tracking document shredding and voter ballots" was invented by James Paul Aschoff (Alleman, Iowa), Brian Anthony Gubbels (Omaha, Neb.) and Charles Lee (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A networked system of connected and trackable document deposit and destruction kiosks can be used to remotely dispose of and destroy confidential documents and monitors and records compliance with employer document destruction policies. A networked system of connected ballot deposit kiosks can be used to safely deposit, track, and verify the locatio...