ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,165, issued on April 8, was assigned to GREAT MASTERS ART AUTHENTICATION LLC (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for identifying and authenticating artistic works" was invented by Curtis G. McConnell (Carlsbad, Calif.), Doug Komen (San Diego) and Daniel I. Bodenheimer (Del Mar, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for quantifying unique features of an object such as an artistic work to identify and authenticate the object and specific characteristics thereof using multi-spectral diagnostic characterization techniques and analytical algorithms. In some aspects, a method for creat...