ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,736, issued on June 17, was assigned to P-CHIP IP HOLDINGS INC..

"Devices, systems, and methods using microtransponders" was invented by William E. Eibon (Elyria, Ohio) and Michael Hadjisavas (Frederick, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object may include at least one microtransponder (MTP) configured with an identifier. The identifier of the MTP may be indexed to the object. Indexing information associated with the MTP and the object may be stored in a database of a security system. The MTP may be read, and data reported by the MTP may be processed to determine authenticity of the object."

The patent was filed on Sept. 1, 2021...