ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,734, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sebastien Armleder (Carouge, Switzerland).

"Methods and apparatus for digital signatures" was invented by Sebastien Armleder (Carouge, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data processing apparatus includes a secure portion, wherein the secure portion includes a private key, an unencrypted private certificate key, and a seed generated based on a private certificate key, wherein the private key, the unencrypted private certificate key, and the seed are non-extractable from the secure portion. A method that uses the data processing apparatus includes the secure portion receiving a signing r...