ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,512, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Atlas Reality Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Game-specific application of cryptographic assets for electronic game progression in a gaming environment" was invented by Tawsif Khan (Cedar Park, Texas) and Beau L. Button (Cedar Park, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system operates an off-chain electronic game that includes in-game assets stored off of a blockchain. The off-chain electronic game is configured to incorporate on-chain cryptographic assets related to in-game leveling or progression. In some examples, the on-chain cryptographic assets are non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and the on...