ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,238,200, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to NTI INC. (Mie, Japan).

"Cryptographic technique for encrypting and decrypting on a single data processing device" was invented by Takatoshi Nakamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a cryptographic technology which is capable of being used when encryption and decryption are performed in a single data processing device. A data processing device is configured to generate encrypted data by encrypting processing target data and record the generated encrypted data in a predetermined recording medium, and to decrypt the encrypted data recorded in the recording medium back into the pr...