ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,830, issued on March 31, was assigned to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, DANKOOK UNIVERSITY (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Method, apparatus, and system for post-quantum electronic signature based on infinite hash function" was invented by Chang Seop Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Samuel Woo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for electronic signature and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for performing safe, post-quantum electronic signature using infinite continuity of a hash function and one-time key pairs. A method for electronic signature u...