ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,640, issued on Aug. 26.

"Secure use of authoritative data within biometry based digital identity authentication and verification" was invented by Casey Carlson (Denver), Olga Klinger (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Michael Dixon (Lakewood, Colo.) and David McCurdy (Centennial, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Personal and biometric information is obtained from an individual using a remote device and submitted to an application server. The application server transmits the personal or biometric information to an authenticated data repository that identifies the individual. The application server also submits the biometric information fro...