ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,426, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).
"Providing a proof of origin for a digital key pair" was invented by Hendrik Brockhaus (Unterbiberg, Germany) and Jens-Uwe Busser (Neubiberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments include a method for providing a proof of origin for a digital key pair comprising: generating the digital key pair at an origin specified by a device, wherein the origin comprises a security module of the device, wherein the digital key pair includes a private key stored in the security module protected against access; and providing the proof of origin confirming generation ...