ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,191, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to KYNDRYL INC. (New York).

"Identification, validation and authentication using biological patterns and numbers" was invented by Vinay Kumar Gajanana Hegde (Bangalore, India), Omar Odibat (Cedar Park, Texas) and Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo (Alajuela, Costa Rica).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to a computer implemented method for identifying, validating and authenticating a user using biological patterns and numbers. The method includes prompting a user to enter a password into an authentication software, where the password is responsive to selected user fingers, selected user ...