ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,243, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Kenco Label & Tag Co. LLC (Milwaukee).

"Method to facilitate the collecting and preserving of a specimen" was invented by Aharon A. Karan (Glendale, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided to facilitate the collecting and preserving a piece of physical evidence. The method includes the steps of providing a collection card with inner and outer layers laminated to each other and removing a first portion of the inner layer to expose an adhesive on a first portion of the outer layer. The piece of physical evidence is positioned between a second portion of the inner layer and the fi...