ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,996, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Secure element having multiple CRS applets" was invented by Herve Sibert (Le Mans, France), Oren M. Elrad (San Francisco), Jerrold V. Hauck (Windermere, Fla.), Onur E. Tackin (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Zachary A. Rosen (San Francisco) and Matthias Lerch (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed relating to secure data storage. In various embodiments, a mobile device includes a wireless interface, a secure element, and a secure circuit. The secure element is configured to store confidential information associated with a plurality of users and to re...