ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,468, issued on July 22, was assigned to NCHAIN LICENSING AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Blockchain-implemented method for control and distribution of digital content" was invented by Craig Steven Wright (London) and Stephane Savanah (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a blockchain-implemented system and method of controlling the transmission and/or distribution of digital content. A first user transfers a deposit quantity of cryptocurrency to a common address. A first node associated with the first user: sends a request to the second node to provide an episode of digital content from a series of digital content;...