ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,556, issued on June 23, was assigned to CipherTrace Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Tracing Monero transaction chains using non-deterministic algorithms based on random simulation" 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 transacti...