ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,522, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Iothic Ltd (Essex, Great Britain).

"Apparatus and methods for encrypted communication" was invented by Christopher Patrick Autry (Essex, Great Britain) and Mykhailo Magal (Essex, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system including a first device and a second device. The first device comprises a memory storing first-device-specific identification data and the second device comprises a memory storing second-device-specific identification data. The first device is configured to receive a copy of the second-device-specific identification data and to store the copy in the m...