US Patent Issued to Newtonoid Technologies on June 23 for "Graphically encoded icons having intrinsic attributes embedded therein and systems and methods for using same" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,394, issued on June 23, was assigned to Newtonoid Technologies LLC (Liberty, Mo.).

"Graphically encoded icons having intrinsic attributes embedded therein and systems and methods for using same" was invented by Fielding B. Staton (Liberty, Mo.) and David Strumpf (Columbia, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user instrument for engaging in a transaction includes a graphically encoded icon having a static portion, and an intrinsic portion comprising an area of stimuli-responsive material defining a first machine-readable indicia. At least a portion of the stimuli-responsive material transforms from a first state to a second state in ...