ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,137, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to HSBC Software Development (Guangdong) Ltd. (Guangdong, China).

"Systems and methods for interoperable blockchains and cross-chain data message communication" was invented by Wei Ming Zhuang (Shanghai), Peng Zhao (Shanghai) and Ruxin Hou (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for enabling secure and efficient interoperability between multiple blockchains, particularly for Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) issuance and transfer are described. This architecture allows independent blockchains, each managed by different financial institutions or authorities, to excha...