US Patent Issued to Elite Coinage on June 10 for "Forming, authenticating and securing non-fungible items" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,258, issued on June 10, was assigned to Elite Coinage Co. (Boca Raton, Fla.).

"Forming, authenticating and securing non-fungible items" was invented by Yury Shapshal (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to a non-fungible physical (NFP) item. The non-fungible physical (NFP) item comprises an identifier. The identifier is embedded and layered within the non-fungible physical item in an unplanned pattern. The identifier in the unplanned pattern is configured to provide high security against counterfeiting of the non-fungible physical (NFP) item. The identifier comprises at least one of a random marker and ...