ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,475, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to MOUSIKI INC. (San Clemente, Calif.).

"System and method for acquiring, comparing and evaluating property condition" was invented by Erik Mikael Ahroon (Corona Del Mar, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for acquiring, collecting, comparing and evaluating the condition of rental property at several time periods during a lease or rental agreement. A first image is compared to a second image, a deposit amount remaining is calculated based on the image comparison. The remaining deposit amount is paid using an electronic format."

The patent was filed on July 3, 2019, under ...