ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,474, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Communications Test Design Inc. (West Chester, Pa.).

"Methods and system to remove data from mobile device" was invented by Jerry Parsons (West Chester, Pa.), Brian Parsons (West Chester, Pa.), Sean Parsons (West Chester, Pa.), Jim Rhodes (West Chester, Pa.), Mark Parsons (West Chester, Pa.), Nidhin Davis (Glen Mills, Pa.) and Brian Greenwald (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods to remove data from a mobile device, such as a smartphone, a smart watch, a tablet, or the like include stepwise verification of operation of hardware components of the mobile device prior to using ...