US Patent Issued to RESTEK on July 15 for "Molecular cryptographic sampling devices and methods of making and using" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,163, issued on July 15, was assigned to RESTEK Corp. (Bellefonte, Pa.).

"Molecular cryptographic sampling devices and methods of making and using" was invented by German A. Gomez-Rios (Bellefonte, Pa.), Thomas E. Kane (Bellefonte, Pa.) and Tracey A. Peters (Bellefonte, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molecular cryptographic sampling device is disclosed including at least one unique identifying indicia disposed on the molecular cryptographic sampling device, a substrate including at least one depression disposed in or protrusion disposed on a surface of the substrate, at least one polymeric sorbent coating disposed on the at leas...