Microchip Assigned Patent

Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ, has been assigned a patent (9,286,241) developed by Simmons, Michael, Chandler, AZ, for a “cryptographic transmission system.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A microcontroller includes on-chip key storage slots stored in a non-volatile memory, wherein selecting which key is to be used is restricted to software, wherein a predetermined key storage slot stores a Key Encrypt Key, (KEK), and a register flag is provided for determining whether the predetermined key storage slot stores a key for encrypting/decrypting data or the KEK for encrypting/decrypting a key.“

The patent application was filed on February 20, 2013 (13/771,572).