ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,979, issued on March 3, was assigned to SOONCHUNHYANG UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Asan-si, South Korea) and UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF SEOUL UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES (Seocho-Gu, South Korea).

"Interpersonal non-contact identification system using wireless communication" was invented by Keun Dug Park (Songpa-gu, South Korea) and Heung Youl Youm (Seocho-Gu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A person-to-person non-face-to-face identity verification system using wireless communication is disclosed. The non-face-to-face identity verification system according to the present invention mutually ex...