ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,764, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to iCashe Inc. (Portland, Ore.).

"Digital document validation" was invented by Siva G. Narendra (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user device transmits a digital representation of a document or contract to a document or contract validation system through one or more channels. The document or contract validation system validates the document or contract before submitting the document or contract to a transaction system as a valid transaction. The digital representation of the document or contract may include one or more sets of parameters that are useful in the validation process."

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