ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,213, issued on April 21, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Secure motherboard replacement system and method" was invented by Kearson M. McNulty (Austin, Texas), Marcus Daniel Molner (Austin, Texas), Jimmy L. Griffith (Pflugerville, Texas), Trent A. Buys (Seattle), David Allen Dyson (Pflugerville, Texas), Suraj M Varma (Portland, Ore.) and Walter Kemp (Georgetown, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing a secure motherboard replacement are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory ha...