ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,525, issued on July 8, was assigned to GSFM LLC (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Methods, systems, and devices for an encrypted and obfuscated algorithm in a computing environment" was invented by Francois Jacques Malassenet (Raleigh, N.C.) and Glenn Daniel Sidle (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method is disclosed for obfuscating an algorithm. The computer-implemented method includes (1) receiving ciphertext input data, and (2) executing obfuscated program instructions using the ciphertext input data and an obfuscation key. The ciphertext input data is based on plaintext input data encrypted using an input encryp...