Blancco Technology Group IP Assigned Patent

Blancco Technology Group IP OY, Joensuu, Finland, has been assigned a patent (12197763) developed by Shah; Mitesh, Maharashtra, India, Valtonen; Markku, Haddej; Dhia Ben, Joensuu, Finland, Kakade; Chandrashekhar, Nehere; Akash, Bidkar; Prasad, and Pathekar; Pratibha, Maharashtra, India, for a “data erasure of network devices.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for erasing data stored from memory of a network device comprises erasing stored data from the memory of the network device and requesting data from the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure or accessing the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure. The method further comprises determining the outcome of the data erasure procedure based at least in part on: the results of a comparison between a response received from the network device and an expected response which indicates a successful erasure of the memory of the network device; or a comparison between any contents of the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure and expected contents of the memory after the data erasure procedure which are indicative of a successful erasure of the memory of the network device.”

The patent application was filed on 2023-04-10 (18/298329).