ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,743, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to NCHAIN LICENSING AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Computer-implemented system and method for transferring access to digital resource" was invented by Owen Vaughan (London) and Craig Steven Wright (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for transferring access to, or control of, a resource is provided. The method comprises the steps of providing a blockchain transaction redeemable to transfer control of a resource by providing a data item (S1) to the first blockchain transaction, wherein the data item is determinable only by a controller of both a revealable value (s) and a s...