ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,529, issued on Sept. 30.

"QR code for information transfer related to an article, item or product" was invented by Jaquial Durham (Lanham, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to a QR code for an item, article, or product supplying source identification and product availability, confirmation of authenticity, details of manufacture, retrieval of specific data, as well as determination of access wherein all data is related to words or images displayed upon a specific article through a scanner-enabled smartphone and internet connection. Specifically, the QR code that is the present invention is dir...