ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,477, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to BEATCODE S.R.L. (San Lazzaro di Savena Bologna, Italy).

"Method for certifying the authenticity of digital files generated by a communication device" was invented by Fabio Ugolini (Lugo, Italy) and Giuseppe Travasoni (San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for certifying authenticity of digital files generated by an electronic device or by a device directly paired or synchronized with it is described herein. In an implementation, the method comprising steps of receiving a digital file as an input; determining type of said digital file and checking that said digit...