ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,324, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Soberlink Healthcare LLC (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

"Sobriety monitoring systems and features related thereto" was invented by Brad Keays (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Daniel Rhodes (San Jose, Calif.), Casey Hanrahan (Fullerton, Calif.) and Christopher J. Pursley (Fullerton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods and devices are disclosed for monitoring sobriety using a hand-held breath testing device. The hand-held breath testing device comprises a sample pump which utilizes a bellows assembly to draw an air sample through an inlet port and into the sample pump. The sample pump c...