ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,003, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SICPA HOLDING SA (Prilly, Switzerland).
"Method and system for validating a digital content" was invented by Philippe Thevoz (Penthalaz, Switzerland) and Philippe Gillet (Charbonnieres-les-Bains, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the technical field of the validation and the authentication of a digital data, such as, for example, a digital document. Particularly, the invention relates to the technical field of the validation of a digital content of a digital message, such as an operation certified by an entity allowing a controller to execute said operation....