ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,001, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to RESMED SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Dublin).

"Systems and methods for tag-based diagnostic chain of custody management" was invented by Redmond Shouldice (Dublin), Michael Scannell (Dublin), Roxana Tiron (Dublin), Ehsan Chah (Dublin) and Graeme Alexander Lyon (Dublin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes providing a tag applied to an intended test subject. The tag having an anti-tamper authentication feature that is altered when the tag is removed from the test subject, and which, when altered, is rendered unsuitable for authentication. The method including providing a diagnostic device...