ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,209, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Secure communication between organizations to protect data" was invented by Ali Salour (Fenton, Mo.), Gregory V. Robinson (O'Fallon, Mo.) and Timothy S. Dunlevy (Mount Pleasant, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to securing communication between two organizations (e.g., a purchaser and a third-party supplier) to protect the data for both organizations and to maintain confidentiality. The embodiments herein permit the organizations to keep their sensitive data on their own networks but still share sufficient data to perform simul...