ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,337, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SOLIDUS VENTURES GMBH (Schlieren, Switzerland).
"System and method for trading distinct and identifiable portions of a physical commodity" was invented by Eliot Samuels (New York) and Daniel Frauchiger (Thalheim, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can include obtaining a physical commodity that is divided into one or more physical units. The method can further include storing the physical commodity in a secure vault. Additionally, a map can be utilized to subdivide each of the one or more physical units into a plurality of segments. Each of the plurality of segments can be tangib...