ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,694, issued on March 31, was assigned to Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Electronic device including access control identifiers for controlling access to peripherals" was invented by Uri Segal (Hauppauge, N.Y.), Richard Wahler (Saint James, N.Y.) and Artemas Speziale (Hauppauge, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a transaction host, a first peripheral, a second peripheral, a first access controller connected to the first peripheral, a second access controller connected to the second peripheral, and an access control register storing a first access control identifier for the first peripher...