US Patent Issued to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY on Aug. 25 for "Real-time robust tampering detection of products using piezoelectric containers" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,695, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY.

"Real-time robust tampering detection of products using piezoelectric containers" was invented by Carlos David Olea (Nashville, Tenn.), Jules White (Nashville, Tenn.) and Michael Sandborn (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric container for tamper detection and damage monitoring of products within supply chains is described. The piezoelectric container enables tamper monitoring for a variety of items in transit including but not limited to those in the following sectors: medical, pharmaceutical, industrial, automotive, textiles, electronics, gems...