ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,852, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Citibank N.A. (New York).

"Systems and methods for securely accessing portions of resources across global or cloud computer networks" was invented by Joao Paulo De Castro Marchese (Miami), Valeria Alejandra Sica (Miami) and Adoniro Cestari Neto (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for securely accessing resources across global or cloud computer networks. In particular, systems and methods for using token-specific self-executing programs to securely access resources. For example, the use of token-specific self-executing programs, such as smart contracts designed to exchan...