ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,120, issued on April 29, was assigned to TOPPAN INC. (Tokyo).

"Method for manufacturing display body, display body, and method for verifying authenticity of display body" was invented by Soko Koda (Tokyo) and Akihito Kagotani (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display body includes a base material having a first region, a second region, and a third region. In the display body, the first region is formed with a code or an image of identification information, and the second region is formed with a hidden code containing information obtained by encoding at least a part of the identification information. An encrypted ciphertext is re...