ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,685, issued on March 3, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Processor-based system supporting in-field testing using external dynamic random access memory (DRAM) for storing and accessing test scan data" was invented by Pradipta K. Ghosh (Palo Alto, Calif.), Sandesh Jayarama Putturaya (Portland, Ore.), Suresh S. Duthiraru (Portland, Ore.) and Christopher Wesneski (The Colony, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processor-based system supporting in-field testing using external dynamic random access memory (DRAM) for storing and accessing test scan data. The processor-based system includes a processor...