ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,324, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to PETNOW INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Authentication server for providing service related to authentication of companion animal and operation method thereof" was invented by Joonho Lim (Goyang-si, South Korea) and Daehyun Pak (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a system for providing a service related to authentication of a companion animal, capable of verifying the identity of a companion animal and whether the companion animal has visited a facility. An operation method of an authentication server in the system for providing a service related to authentication of a com...