ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,938, issued on March 11, was assigned to NEUROSYMBOLIC AI-IP LLC (Gilbert, Ariz.).

"Systems and methods for blockchain based identity assurance and risk management" was invented by Agasthya P. Narendranathan (San Ramon, Calif.) and James M. Dzierzanowski (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes receiving a first identity attribute; determining a corresponding first level of assurance (LOA) based on the first identity attribute and a first attribute history; receiving a second identity attribute; determining a corresponding second LOA based on the second identity attribute and a second attribute history; def...