ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,585, issued on March 25, was assigned to DriverFacts Inc. (Anaheim, Calif.).

"Components and kits for collecting, securing, identifying and tracking unique samples" was invented by David Widly (Anaheim, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present specification discloses collection kits for collecting a biological sample being handled by a chain-of-custody protocol and methods and uses for collecting a sample using such collection kits. In some aspects, a collection kit disclosed herein can comprise one or more identification labels, a sample collection device, one or more sample containers, and a collecting pouch. In some aspe...