ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,655, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Secure Thingz Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Provisioning control apparatus and method for provisioning electronic components or devices" was invented by Andrew Bott (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A provisioning control apparatus is configured to be coupled to a provisioning equipment server, wherein the provisioning equipment server is electrically connectable with one or more electronic devices for provisioning the electronic devices with security sensitive provisioning data. The provisioning control apparatus includes a processor configured to generate a group co...