ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,447, issued on May 20, was assigned to NCHAIN LICENSING AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Computer-implemented system and method for exchange of data" was invented by Thomas Trevethan (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of enabling zero-knowledge proof or verification of a statement (S) for enabling exchange of data between a prover and a verifier, wherein the prover has access to first data on a first blockchain, and the verifier has access to second data on a second blockchain. In the method, a prover sends to a verifier a set of data including a statement, which for a given function circuit output and an...