ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,240, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to DANDELION SCIENCE CORP. (New York).

"Modification of behavior or physical characteristics through visual stimulation" was invented by Adam Hanina (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a process are provided for evaluating subliminal pixel patterns and identifying trigger patterns, which are pixel patterns that trigger a response in subjects exposed to the pattern. Each pixel pattern is embedded in a digital video or a digital still image. Pixel patterns that are found to induce reactions in subjects are identified as trigger patterns and are flagged for re-testing. Re-tested tri...