ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,822, issued on June 24, was assigned to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Mass.).

"Method and apparatus for providing isolated asset access in a layered security system" was invented by Craig Shue (Worcester, Mass.) and Lane Harrison (Worcester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the innovation relate to a server device, comprising a controller having a memory and a processor, the controller configured to establish a first secure environment with a client device, the first secure environment having an associated server asset policy; provide the asset to the client device via the first secure environment; re...