ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,638, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Wazuzu Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).

"Geographic tracking and non-fungible token trading platform" was invented by Joseph Edward Besecker (Lititz, Pa.), Joseph Eric Besecker (Philadelphia) and Charles Durham (Lititz, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A geographic tracking and non-fungible token trading platform generates a premium asset uniquely identified by a non-fungible token (NFT) and including at least one redeemable item. The platform awards the premium asset to a user of a client device based on gameplay in a game on the platform. The platform determines a value of the premium asset based at ...