Serenity Data Security Assigned Patent

Serenity Data Security, LLC, Carbondale, IL, has been assigned a patent (11,107,495) developed by Clark, Kevin P., Carbondale, IL, for a “laser destruction system for hard drives.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Three systems for the destruction of the data storage portion of electronic media storage devices such as hard disk drives, solid state drives and hybrid hard drives. One system utilizes a mill cutter with which the hard drive has relative motion in the direction of the axis of the mill cutter to destroy the data storage portion. A second system utilizes a laser to physically destroy the data storage portion. The third system utilizes a chemical solvent to chemically destroy the data storage portion.”

The patent application was filed on March 22, 2018 (15/928,852).