ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,089, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).

"Information management system and information management method" was invented by Aika Nakajima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The objective of the present invention is to achieve both information security and user convenience in an information management system that manages information related to an automated analyzer, even if conditions of unauthorized use from a remote terminal occur. An information management system according to the present invention, upon detecting a communication disconnection or conditions of unauthorized use from a remote terminal...