Microchip Technology Assigned Patent

Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ, has been assigned a patent (12061803) developed by Samuel; Roshan, Chandler, AZ, Pfeifer; Erick, Cedar Park, TX, Marlborough, MA, and Ujvari; Daniel, Hauppauge, NY, for a “system with increasing protected storage area and erase protection.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “An apparatus may include a processor. The apparatus may include a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The apparatus may include a memory control circuit (MCC). The MCC may be configured to define a protected portion of the memory, wherein the protected portion of the memory is configured for read-only access by the processor, increase a size of the protected portion of the memory, and, after the increase in size of the protected portion of the memory, prevent decreases of the size of the protected portion of the memory.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-10-12 (17/499167).