The European Patent Office published EP3457658A2, a patent application for a Dynamic User-Configurable Virtual Private Network system. The patent was filed by Conceal, Inc. with inventor Ira A. Hunt IV, and is classified under IPC classifications H04L 9/40 (cybersecurity), H04L 45/00 (network routing), H04L 12/46 (VPN tunneling), and H04L 49/00 (data switching). The patent designates 36 European member states including Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, and other EU/EEA nations.

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