US Patent Issued to Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute on Dec. 30 for "System and method using identity non-fungible token for identity verification in metaverse and online services" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,131, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

"System and method using identity non-fungible token for identity verification in metaverse and online services" was invented by Chan Fai Lam (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Man Yuen Cheng (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Tsz Yu Cheung (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) and Wei Lun Alan Cheung (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for identity authentication on blockchain using NFTs includes a user interface, an identity NFT minting module, and a verifiable credential issuer module. The user interface allows...