ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,329, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Secure data replication systems and methods" was invented by Aviad Pines (Jerusalem), Aviram Fireberger (Kibuts Carmia, Israel), Oron Golan (Meitar Halamish, Israel), Adir Atias (Migdal Ha'Emek, Israel) and Evgeny Lutsky (Tel-Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One method embodiment includes receiving input creating a data distribution restriction implemented to restrict distribution of data by publisher nodes located in at least one geographic or political area to subscriber nodes outside of the at least one geographic or political ...