ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,288, issued on July 14, was assigned to Iron Mountain Inc. (Portsmouth, N.H.).

"Pervasive location fiducial pathology" was invented by William J. Allen (Corvallis, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital pathology system receives, via a user interface, a selection of a LOI in a camera view of a PLFP slide under a first optical condition. The PLFP slide is configured to reveal a fiduciary pattern when exposed to a second optical condition that is different from the first optical condition. Responsive to receiving a request, digital pathology system changes optical conditions from the first optical condition to the second optical...