ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,248, issued on July 15, was assigned to Aires Investment Holdings Private Ltd. (Singapore).

"Two-dimensional code and method and system for generating and reading thereof" was invented by Meng Liang Lim (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention provide a two-dimensional code which comprises a plurality of optically readable and distinct indicia which are arranged on a two-dimensional area, wherein the indicia include a reference indicium and further includes at least one data indicium which represents at least one data value respectively, wherein the at least one data value is represented by at least one ...