ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,470, issued on Nov. 18.

"Verification and authentication of robots" was invented by Samara Aldahwi (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for managing ownership transfer of a robot is disclosed. The system receives identification information associated with a unique metallic identifier of a robot. The system further queries a set of databases about the identification information based on the reception of the identification information. The system further receive a user input indicative of a transfer of ownership of the robot from a first entity to a second entity. The user input includes proof of identity and ownership ...