The University of Tulsa Assigned Patent

The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, has been assigned a patent (11784812) developed by Kongs, Andrew, Bauer, Gavin, Tulsa, OK, and Cook, Kyle, Bixby, OK, for “device, system, and method to facilitate secure data transmission, storage and key management.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for creating devices facilitating secure data transmission, storage and key management. At least two devices are each comprised of at least part of a physically unclonable function unit originally shared by the at least two devices on a single, monolithic original integrated circuit. The process includes physically segmenting the shared physically unclonable function unit between the at least two devices. The at least two devices which share the single, monolithic integrated circuit are physically separated into individual device units.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-12-14 (17/120459).