US Patent Issued to REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE DIRECTOR MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND SAFETY) on June 17 for "Method and apparatus for comparing and determining three-dimensional identity of tool mark" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,771, issued on June 17, was assigned to REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE DIRECTOR MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND SAFETY) (Wonju-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for comparing and determining three-dimensional identity of tool mark" was invented by Nam Kyu Park (Bucheon-si, South Korea), Byung Seon Moon (Busan, South Korea), Jae Mo Goh (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Pyo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Il Seo (Wonju-si, South Korea), Eun Ah Joo (Wonju-si, South Korea), Je Hyun Lee (Wonju-si, South Korea) and Ho Yong Yie (Wonju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of comparing and determining three-dimen...