ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,804, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Quantum key distribution-based quantum digital signature method and system including trusted node" was invented by Il Kwon Sohn (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwang Il Bae (Daejeon, South Korea), Eun Joo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Won Hyuk Lee (Sejong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure according to at least one embodiment provides a quantum key distribution (QKD)-based quantum digital signature method using a trusted node, the QKD-based quantum digital signature method being performed by a...