ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,841, issued on Jan. 27.

"System and method for passenger matching and baggage release" was invented by Craig Mateer (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a system and method for passenger matching and baggage release, the method including: generating a manifest listing passengers, wherein the manifest includes a passenger manifest data record having manifest data fields for each passenger listed therein; monitoring at least one computer system associated with a security authority, wherein the security authority processes the plurality of passengers for border crossing at a border crossing airport; detecting a clea...