US Patent Issued to Wells Fargo Bank on Feb. 4 for "Signcrypted biometric electronic signature tokens" (North Carolina, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,069, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco).

"Signcrypted biometric electronic signature tokens" was invented by Phillip H. Griffin (Raleigh, N.C.) and Jeffrey J. Stapleton (O'Fallon, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The methods and system allow for the generation of a signcrypted biometric electronic signature token using a subsequent biometric sample after an enrollment of a biometric reference value in a biometric system. The signcrypted biometric electronic signature token involves simultaneous encryption and digital signature to protect the confidentiality. The system as described herein provide...