ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,765, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Serenity Data Security LLC (Carbondale, Ill.).
"Hard drive dismantling system" was invented by Kevin P. Clark (Carbondale, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method reclaims select components containing rare earth metals of electronic media electronic storage devices such as hard disk drives, solid state drives and hybrid hard drives and destroys the data containing components thereof. The system employs first devices, such as milling tools, to loosen various components of the storage device. The various loosened components include the components containing the rare earth metals a...