Portwell Assigned Patent

Portwell, Inc., New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (9,465,765) developed by Tsai, Ming-Hsin, and Lai, Shiou-Yu, New Taipei, Taiwan, for a “all-in-one SATA interface storage device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “An all-in-one SATA interface storage device comprising: an interface board installed on a motherboard, a first memory card slot which is a CFast slot fixed on the interface board for installation of a CFast card, a second memory card slot fixed on the interface board and available to CF-SATA and CFEX cards for installation of either a CF-SATA card or a CFEX card. As such, the present invention facilitates applications of multiple storage devices via its SATA interfaces linking a host system, providing a user more convenient new storage devices, and creating higher value-added services by lowering costs.“

The patent application was filed on August 16, 2013 (13/968,877).