ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,151, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco).

"Intended transfer of funds in a metaverse system" was invented by Vijayasree Amba (Hyderabad, India), Ajay Vasant Kadam (Hyderabad, India), Bhumika Peshwani (Uttar Pradesh, India), Iyswarya Vaidyanathan (Hyderabad, India), Reddicherla Sailalitha Kiranmaye (Telangana, India), Shaik Abdul Shabaaz (Telangana, India), Subir Mandal (Telangana, India) and Syed Ahmed Ali (Andhra Pradesh, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples described herein include conducting secure financial transactions in the metaverse using digital avatars. This is done by creating ...