ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,411, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to LIGHT & SALT LLC (Sheridan, Wyo.).

"Permit-before-bill enforcement for AI-influenced billing events using safety receipts" was invented by Yong Bok Lee (Sheridan, Wyo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods govern AI-assisted decision support and billing using machine-verifiable receipts. A safety receipt layer between an EHR system and DSI engines evaluates policy and enforces permit-before-action, fail-closed semantics while generating a receipt encoding policy identifiers and a permit outcome. An AI-governed billing gate between the safety receipt layer and a billing engine or cl...