ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,345, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Onclave Networks Inc. (Potomac Falls, Va.).

"Systems and methods for deployment, management and use of dynamic cipher key systems" was invented by James Taylor (Potomac Falls, Va.), John Dwyier (Chantilly, Va.), Joseph Lawn (Arlington, Va.) and Glen Gulyas (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dynamic Cipher Key Management (DCKM) of the present invention enables the protection of sensitive electronic data by assigning symmetric or asymmetric cipher keys using a process that delivers the cipher key to a network endpoint device by means of a key installation, delivery, and storage method...