ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,552, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco).

"Secure data processing using data packages generated by edge devices" was invented by Thomas E. Bell (San Francisco), Peter Bordow (Fountain Hills, Ariz.), Julio Jiron (San Bruno, Calif.), Akhlaq M. Khan (San Francisco), Volkmar Scharf-Katz (San Francisco), Jeff J. Stapleton (Arlington, Texas), Richard Orlando Toohey (San Francisco) and Ramesh Yarlagadda (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are example methods, systems, and devices that allow for secure data processing using data packages generated by edge devices. The techniques includ...