ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,712, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Questaweb Holdings Inc. (Clarksburg, N.J.).

"Hierarchical blockchain architecture for global trade management" was invented by David Benayoun (Parkland, Fla.), Leon Turetsky (Bedminster, N.J.), Jonathan Pekar (La Jolla, Calif.), Felix Pekar (Clarksburg, N.J.), Eric Pekar (Clarksburg, N.J.) and Mary Benayoun (Parkland, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a reactive hierarchical blockchain architecture, system, and methodology for Global Trade Management (GTM). The system includes a comprehensive suite of GTM applications and leverages multi-national content to deliver efficient cr...