ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,483, issued on May 26, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Physical computer intrusion detection" was invented by Smit Kapila (Bangalore, India), Jithin Valappilekandy (Bangalore, India) and Sean J.W. Lawrence (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a circuit board configured for attachment to a cover by a first fastener. The circuit board includes a first via sized to receive a distal portion of a first shaft of the first fastener. A first upper portion of the first shaft is to be received in a through-hole in the cover. The apparatus further includes a first conductive trace extending f...