ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,517, issued on July 21, was assigned to KPMG LLP (New York).

"System and method for implementing a verified digital asset platform" was invented by Michal Pol (Mahwah, N.J.), Sarah J. Bond (Chicago), Jon Bradley (Webster, N.Y.), Greg Genega (Copley, Ohio), Louis Goldberg (Bellmore, N.Y.), Jiseon Stephanie Kim (Los Angeles), Victor Charles Melilli (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Joshua Miller (Los Angeles), Cory L. Myers (Ellicott City, Md.), Nikola G. Ognjanovic (Medford, N.Y.), Anu Desireddi Puvvada (Houston), Edwige Sacco (Washington), Bryan Samek (River Forest, Ill.) and Andrew Urban (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention ...