ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,591, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to DataSurge LLC (West Chester, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for printing lottery tickets containing 'smart' QR codes" was invented by Lincoln Berry III (Miamisburg, Ohio) and Andrew Jacob Neff (Miamisburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for printing uniquely identifiable quick response (QR) code-containing physical mediums and assigning feedback instructions for the same may comprise a printer and an apparatus comprising a processing system configured to cause the apparatus to execute computer-executable instructions stored in one or more memories, comprising: generating a pluralit...