ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,633, issued on June 24, was assigned to I3LOGIX INC. (Denver).

"Systems and methods for mail-in ballot status reporting" was invented by Steven Charles Gatt (Evergreen, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for monitoring and reporting the status of paper ballots for mail-in voting are provided. The paper ballots are monitored during their transit to and/or from the voters. Reports regarding the status of such paper ballots may be provided to the voters and/or the elections division. Such reports may facilitate increased transparency into the mail-in voting process."

The patent was filed on Jan. 19, 2024, under Ap...