ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,869, issued on July 1, was assigned to Bellu LLC (Provo, Utah).

"Microscopic fiber analysis systems and methods" was invented by Samuel K Taylor (Provo, Utah), J. Caleb Lystrup (Provo, Utah), Jacob Gates (Provo, Utah), Andrew D. James (Spanish Fork, Utah), Cammi R. Lystrup (Provo, Utah), Carver J. Coleman (Provo, Utah), David B. Jackson (Spanish Fork, Utah) and Marin James (Spanish Fork, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hair follicle analysis system may be used to determine an assessment of a hair follicle sample. The hair follicle analysis system may be configured to obtain imagery of the hair follicle sample and determine, usin...