Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD, has been assigned a patent (8,914,896), developed by Richter Walter S., Newark Valley, NY, Moch Daniel J., Endicott, NY, Martin Ricky R., Owego, NY, Hochdoerfer Michael, Vestal, NY, Smirnoff Max, and Hanley Thomas J., Endicott, NY, for a “secure data storage and retrieval .”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A system for secure data processing can include an electronic data storage device and a field programmable gate array coupled to the electronic data storage device. The field programmable gate array can be configured to include a data storage section for performing a data storage operation and a data retrieval section for performing a data retrieval operation. The data storage operation can include obtaining a seed value and retrieving one or more algebraic operations based on the seed value. The storage operation can also include processing input data according to the one or more algebraic operations to generate pseudorandom output data, prepending the seed value to the output data and storing the output data in the electronic data storage device.“

The patent application was filed on August 23, 2013 (13/974,447)