ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,229, issued on June 30, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Tamper-respondent assemblies with individualized chemical mixtures for security" was invented by Philipp K. Buchling Rego (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.), Madhana Sunder (Meridian, Idaho), Conor Ryan Thomas (Woodbury, Conn.), Joyce E. Molinelli Acocella (Poughquag, N.Y.), William L. Brodsky (Binghamton, N.Y.), William Santiago-Fernandez (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.), Michael Fisher (Poughquag, N.Y.), James Busby (New Paltz, N.Y.) and Arthur J. Higby (Cottekill, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tamper-respondent assemblies are provided which include...