ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,920, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).
"Digital signature" was invented by Stephen D. Panshin (Corvallis, Ore.), Paul S. Everest (Corvallis, Ore.) and Michael Harmon (Vancouver, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A logic circuitry package includes an interface to communicate with a controller and a logic circuit. The logic circuit includes a memory arrangement storing a first digital signature, a second digital signature, and a third digital signature signed over the first digital signature and the second digital signature. The logic circuit is configured to receive at least one ...