ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,841, issued on May 5, was assigned to University of Connecticut (Farmington, Conn.) and FEMTOINNOVATIONS LLC (Storrs, Conn.).

"Terahertz-readable laser implemented marks" was invented by Adrian Phoulady (Willimantic, Conn.), Pouria Hoveida (Vernon, Conn.), Hongbin Choi (Jackson Heights, N.Y.), Nicholas May (Mansfield Center, Conn.), Sina Shahbazmohamadi (Stamford, Conn.), Pouya Tavousi (Somerville, Mass.) and Daniel Dimase (East Greenwich, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for authenticating an object includes at least one laser configured for interacting with a tag, the tag comprising structural changes to the object, the s...