ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,262, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco).

"Localization control for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) via transfer by containerized data structures" was invented by Nathaniel C. Eutsler (San Francisco) and Matthew Mullin Shepherd (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of this technical solution can include identifying, by an NFT transaction processor, a first localization property corresponding to an NFT that restricts transfer of the NFT to a first locality, identifying, by the NFT transaction processor, a second localization property corresponding to a second NFT account that restricts...