ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,035, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Evernorth Strategic Development Inc. (St. Louis).

"Digital data passport and visa credentialing for data authorization" was invented by Jeffrey R. McCormick (Cheshire, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computerized method includes receiving, from a user, a request to perform an operation on data stored in a shared data resource, which stores physically integrated data from multiple tenants. The method includes obtaining a credential document from the user that includes a session portion that is specific to a current session of the user and a set of restriction criteria. The method includes d...