ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,425, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany).

"System and methodologies using global electors with regional certificate trust lists" was invented by Benedikt Brecht (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, methodologies and components for managing trust across multiple Root Certificate Authorities using both electors and regional Certificate Trust Lists (CTLs). Accordingly, systems and methodologies are provided for managing trust across multiple Root CAs and performing such management in a more efficient way than conventionally known or available. More specifically, systems and methodologies are provided ...