US Patent Issued to GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. on Feb. 24 for "Product custody verification using machine-readable code" (Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,702, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Product custody verification using machine-readable code" was invented by Peter T. Coutu (Williston, Vt.), Romain H.A. Feuillette (Williston, Vt.) and Alain F. Loiseau (Williston, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and computerized method verify product custody along a product manufacturing chain. The method may include verifying a first machine-readable (MR) code for a product level N is valid by comparing the first MR code to a database of valid MR codes. Where the first MR code for the product level N is verified as valid, a second, valid MR...