ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,228, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Phone case with integrated cold wallet" was invented by Pooja Krishnaswamy (McKinney, Texas), Sean Carl Mitchem (San Antonio), Mounica Urity (San Antonio), Gideon Bowie Luck (Plano, Texas), Nolan Serrao (Plano, Texas), Ahmad Ali Shaik (Austin, Texas), Carlos J P Chavez (San Antonio) and Ravi Durairaj (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phone case includes a cold wallet that holds various cryptocurrencies. A method provides for operation of a smartphone placed in the phone case to interact with the cold wallet. The cold wall...