ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,622, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CipherTrace Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Systems for tracing Monero transaction chains using ordering of inputs and outputs" was invented by David Alexander Jevans (Menlo Park, Calif.), Eric Downes (Seattle) and Alexander L. Mologoko (Dingmans Ferry, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include systems and methods for searching, tracing, and tracking Monero transaction chains. An exemplary method includes receiving, at a user interface using a plurality of Monero transaction menus, Monero transaction identification data for searching, tracing, and tracking Monero transaction chains. Th...