US Patent Issued to Secure Tap on Oct. 7 for "System, method and process for product authentication and verification" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,308, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Secure Tap LLC (Sheridan, Wyo.).

"System, method and process for product authentication and verification" was invented by Richard Hudec (Naples, Fla.) and Davin Young (Fort Myers, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and process for product authentication and verification using Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, blockchain technology (Hyperledger), and cryptography. A unique product identifier is generated for a unique individual product, incorporated into a data structure for that product, and the data structure is recorded to a blockchain initiating an immutable record f...