Walton Advanced Engineering Assigned Patent

Walton Advanced Engineering, Inc., Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (11,036,893) developed by Yu, Hong Chi, and Chang, Mao Ting, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, for a “data retention method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”The present disclosure relates to a data retention method which ensures security of classified information in design. The data retention method comprises steps as follows: a data plug of a dedicated storage module is inserted into a data socket of an encryption module and a locking element of a lock fastener module is fixed at a locking hole on the dedicated storage module, the encryption module and the dedicated storage module are electrically connected to each other through the data socket, an external component of the encryption module is electrically connected to an external device such that classified information, saved or to be saved) is encrypted or decrypted between the external device and a storage element of the dedicated storage module by an encryption component of the encryption module during data exchanges”

The patent application was filed on February 15, 2019 (Appl. No.16/276,698).