AO Kaspersky Lab Assigned Patent

AO Kaspersky Lab, Moscow, Russia, has been assigned a patent (11,042,507) developed by Zaitsev, Oleg V., Moscow, Russia, for “system and method of deletion of files and counteracting their restoration.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Disclosed herein are systems and methods for deleting files. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, obtaining at least initial data about a file to be deleted in accordance with an instruction to remove the file from a data storage device, analyzing the file to be deleted and the data storage device to determine at least deletion parameters of the file to be deleted, performing a dynamic formation of a deletion algorithm, wherein the formation further includes the formation of a structure for writing and a determination of a location for the writing during the deletion of the file in accordance with the determined deletion parameters and rules of formation, and deleting the file by applying the deletion algorithm.”

The patent application was filed on March 25, 2019 (Appl. No.16/363,334).