ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,567, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"System and method for structure authentication using NFTS" was invented by Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev (San Antonio), Gregory Meyer (San Antonio), Seth E. Ethington (Mckinney, Texas) and Benjamin D. Ethington (Savannah, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure authentication system includes a sensor configured to sense identifying features of a three-dimensional (3D) printed structure and generate identifying feature data based on the identifying features, as well as a processor configured to receive, from the sensor, t...