ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,254, issued on Sept. 9.

"System and method for detecting the authenticity of products" was invented by Guy Le Henaff (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and method for detecting the authenticity of products by detecting a unique chaotic signature. Photos of the products are taken at the plant and stored in a database/server. The server processes the images to detect for each authentic product a unique authentic signature which is the result of a manufacturing process, a process of nature etc. To detect whether the product is genuine or not at the store, the user/buyer may take a picture of the product and send it to the ...