US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation on July 15 for "Homomorphic encryption operation accelerator, and operating method of homomorphic encryption operation accelerator" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,904, issued on July 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Seoul National University R&DB Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Homomorphic encryption operation accelerator, and operating method of homomorphic encryption operation accelerator" was invented by Hongrak Son (Anyang-si, South Korea), Sangpyo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongmin Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jungho Ahn (Seoul, South Korea), Hanbyeul Na (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youngsik Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Junho Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a homomorphic encryption operation ...