ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,290, issued on May 13, was assigned to IDS Group (Meyzieu, France).
"Isotopic marking and identification of liquids" was invented by Patrice Fauvet (Lyons, France) and Valerie Migeon (Lyons, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for isotopic identification, allowing, where appropriate, a liquid to be linked to a site of growth or harvest or a sub-product derived from a determined liquid, via analysis of concentration or of ratios of stable isotopes, and comparison to isotopic codes generated beforehand in a manner unique to a set of liquids issued from a site of growth, harvest or conversion. The invention also relates to a me...