ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,897, issued on March 31, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Systems and methods for remotely witnessing and electronically notarizing a legal instrument" was invented by Michael Joseph Gaeta (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods of facilitating remote notarization of electronic instruments and storing records memorializing these notarization events. A notarization system provider may capture video feeds from different angles, and combine the feeds into a single archive multimedia file, which may be stored as a secured record of a notarization. ...