ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,084, issued on March 18, was assigned to P4 X Group Inc. (Miami).

"Secure environment public register (SEPR)" was invented by Robert William Kocher (McLean, Va.), Douglas Earl Dyer (Herndon, Va.) and John Shelly Bowling II (Reston, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Secure Environment Public Register (SEPR) provides a method and system that allows precious metals in the shape of bar(s) or units to be certified, specially numbered to provide exact linkage to an owner, allow secure movement of precious metals between secure facilities, and though Blockchain allow secure transfer of ownership between individuals and organizations. Th...