US Patent Issued to VISUAL DETECTION SYSTEMS on Sept. 22 for "Method and apparatus for collecting evidence" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,705, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to VISUAL DETECTION SYSTEMS LLC (Minerva, Ohio).

"Method and apparatus for collecting evidence" was invented by James L. Hull (Malvern, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An evidence kit and method of using the same to collect and preserve evidence taken from a crime or accident scene. The method includes unsealing a container and removing a substrate therefrom. A pair of gloves may also be taken from the container and is donned to handle the substrate during evidence taking. The substrate is brought into contact with a surface such that trace-evidence is transferred to the substrate. An eviden...