ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,397, issued on Nov. 25.

"Use of cryptographic twins for secure storage and access of entity data" was invented by Jean-Emmanuel Fontaine (Falls Church, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system supports creation and use of cryptographic twins, which are cryptographically unique and private digital representations of entities. Twins can cryptographically encrypt and link an unlimited amount of data on behalf of their corresponding entities. The system can give entities cryptographic ownership and exclusive control over their own twins to preclude data access and tampering, even by system administrators. The system can be configured ...