ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,880, issued on March 18, was assigned to Paul Ying-Fung Wu (Saratoga, Calif.).

"Cryptographic device, system and method thereof" was invented by Paul Ying-Fung Wu (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a device with cryptographic function, which includes: a hardware unit, exhibiting hardware-intrinsic properties; a key generating unit, generating a private key according to the hardware-intrinsic properties, and generating a public key according to the private key, for exchanging public keys with an outside device to convert communication payload information into first encrypted information based on t...