ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,446, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Tethers UnLtd. Inc. (Bothell, Wash.).

"Integrated cryptographic circuits in space applications" was invented by Seckin Kemal Secilmis (Bothell, Wash.), Brad Mahlen (Bothell, Wash.), Dylan Del Castillo (Bothell, Wash.), Nat Zhurakovskyy (Bothell, Wash.) and Jesse Cirillo (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cryptographic integrated circuits include an input module configured to receive a stream of input data packets, a plurality of cryptographic modules coupled to the input module, where each cryptographic module includes an input port for receiving an input data packet and an output...