Boeing Assigned Patent

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL, has been assigned a patent (10,063,588) developed by Casado Magana, Enrique Juan, Esteban-Campillo, David, and Scarlatti, David, Madrid, Spain, for a “device and method for transferring files from a portable storage device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The invention proposes a new device and method that allows scanning and downloading the content of a portable storage device, (i.e., USB drive) from any computer with a portable storage device plug and a browser without the risk of having the computer infected by virus or malware resident in the portable storage device. The device can be manufactured in a small and portable device.”

The patent application was filed on March 19, 2016 (15/075,113).