ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,674, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to THALES DIS FRANCE SAS (Meudon, France).
"Hinge laser marking" was invented by Sorin Grigorescu (L'isle Adam, France), Thierry Bon (Saint Cyr sur Mer, France), Ivo Schoenenberger (Zurich, Switzerland) and Christian Sailer (Safenwil, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secure device for securing an article that includes at least one connection element, at least one data carrier, and at least one security element. The connection element is configured to be connected to the article, and the data carrier is in connection with the connection element and is configured to be connected to the ...