ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,711, issued on May 5, was assigned to P4 X Group Inc. (Miami).

"Secure environment register system and method of operation" was invented by Robert William Kocher (McLean, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of conducting a client transaction with a portion of a total quantity of certified standard uniform characteristic (SUC) precious metal units held within a physically secure environment is provided. According to the method, a registration system is maintained containing unique precious metal identification information, physically secure location information and lot identification information of precious metal, and one of cer...