ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,414, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for implementing and using cryptographic material in at least one system component of an information technology system" was invented by Viktor Friesen (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Viktor Pavlovic (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for implementing and using cryptographic material in at least one system component of an information technology system for performing at least one operation involves describing a state of the system component by at least one variable is checked at least at a first time. The cryptographic mater...