X Development Assigned Patent

X Development LLC, Mountain View, CA has been assigned a patent (11,048,802) developed by Xu, Sichun, Santa Clara, CA, for an “encrypted hard disk imaging process.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”One method disclosed includes booting a computer with a bootloader, where the bootloader is stored on an unencrypted portion of a data storage device of the computer. The method further includes unsealing a decryption password for an encrypted portion of the data storage device from a trusted platform module (TPM) using a first sealing policy, where the first sealing policy excludes dependence on a first platform configuration register, PCR, wherein the first PCR stores a measurement result associated with the bootloader. The method subsequently includes sealing the decryption password into the TPM using a second sealing policy, where the second sealing policy includes dependence on the first PCR.”

The patent application was filed on May 9, 2019 (Appl. No.16/408,006).