ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,362, issued on April 8, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Securing data in a metaverse environment using simulated data interactions" was invented by Sakshi Bakshi (New Delhi) and Durga Prasad Kutthumolu (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a plurality of computing nodes that form a blockchain network, wherein one or more of the computing nodes is a metaverse computing node configured to generate a mixed reality environment. A processor of at least one computing node is configured to receive information relating to a suspicious data interaction associated with a data file of a use...