ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,552, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Authentic8 Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Disposable browsers and authentication techniques for a secure online user environment" was invented by Ramesh Rajagopal (Los Altos, Calif.), James K. Tosh (Fremont, Calif.), Fredric L. Cox (San Jose, Calif.), Perry F. Nguyen (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Jason T. Champion (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods that allow for secure access to websites and web-based applications. Also described are systems and methods for secure use and retention of user credentials, as well as methods for dynamic authen...