ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,385, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"System and method for providing biology-based anti-tamper" was invented by David A. Selck (Merritt Island, Fla.), Om Prakash (McLean, Va.) and Lito Medalle (Rolling Meadows, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for biology based anti-tamper and a method for detecting a tampering activity to an object using biological materials are provided. The system includes a biological medium that includes a biological member such as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acid (RNA), and/or live or hibernating organism. The biological medium is ap...