ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,261, issued on March 17, was assigned to The United States of America as Represented by the Government Publishing Office (Washington).

"ID card peel sample preparation apparatus and method" was invented by Daniel J Falvey (Brunswick, Md.), William G Pinson (Frederick, Md.) and Tyler W Wood (Silver Spring, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention include systems and methods for providing a process to produce consistent 3-dimensional samples for the analysis of production quality laminated bodies when targeting a specific depth in a laminated card body comprising a bottom fixture plate, a top guide plate, a cutt...