ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,476, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SafetySpect Inc. (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

"System and method for assessing product" was invented by Fartash Vasefi (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), Kenneth Edward Barton (Palm City, Fla.), Gregory Bearman (Pasadena, Calif.), Hossein Kashani Zadeh (Grand Forks, N.D.) and Alireza Akhbardeh (Daily City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for assessing biological tissue is disclosed. The system contains an illumination hardware arrangement comprising transmission and sensing hardware, the illumination hardware arrangement configured to inspect a product using three modes from a group containing...