ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,004, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Gwangju, South Korea) and OFFICE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HO CHI MINH CITY-UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE (Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam).

"Personal information security system and method thereof ensuring irreversibility and similarity" was invented by Deokjai Choi (Gwangju, South Korea), Mai Thao Dang (Gwangju, South Korea) and Dinh Thuc Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personal information security system and a method thereof ensuring irreversibility and similarity are proposed. According to specific e...