ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,919, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Communications Test Design Inc. (West Chester, Pa.).

"System and method to permanently erase customer personal information from mobile device" was invented by Christian Cote (Philadelphia) and Nidhin Davis (Glen Mills, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to physically remove data including customer personal information from mobile devices includes a computer; an input device to input to the computer a unique identifier associated with a board; a computer numerical control (CNC) machine controlled by the computer and configured to physically remove a predetermined chip from the board; a ...