ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,602, issued on March 17, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Enhanced prying structure for an electronic device" was invented by MyungJin Kim (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the context of an electronic device such as a solid-state drive, implementation of a prying opening in a sidewall of an enclosure base, and positioned adjacent to a corresponding stepped structure along a sidewall of an enclosure cover, enables an effective prying mechanism enabling the disassembling of the electronic device. A stepped structure surface extending beyond the prying opening of the base forms a narr...