ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,991, issued on June 3.

"System and method for insurance claim forensic investigations" was invented by Athanasios Tom Marinos (Coral Spring, Fla.) and Eran Binyamin Shay (Pembroke Pines, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a forensic investigation service assignment application facilitating the collection of a variety of forensic data that is tagged to one or more base images. Further, data from other sources may be collected including, but not limited to, cause and origin data regarding causation of damage conditions, specifications of building materials, and other types of information associated with material...