ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,375, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SGA Solutions Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling and blocking user access using web application proxy" was invented by Ki Uk Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Ju Young Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Bum Su Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeong Hoon Yoon (Goyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling and blocking user access using a web application proxy includes: a web server system; and a web application proxy installed in the web server system and configured to determine whether to provide the user with a web service by confirming acc...