ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,659, issued on Dec. 9.

"Method and system for verifying the authenticity of content associated with an entity" was invented by Lois Chan (Wanchai, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for verifying the authenticity of information associated with an entity and communicating the verification status of the information across a network. The system facilitates the receipt of data relating to information associated with an entity so that a corresponding data record can be created and stored in memory. A visually perceptible element, which corresponds to the verification status of the data record, is associated with t...