US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States as represented by the Director, National Security Agency on Sept. 8 for "Protocol free encrypting device" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,489, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to The Government of the United States as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Ft. George G. Meade, Md.).

"Protocol free encrypting device" was invented by Joshua E. Cline (Edgewater, Md.), Dan A. DeVries (Brooklyn, Md.), William J. Layton (Sykesville, Md.), Zachary Smith (Severn, Md.), Brendan S. Surrusco (Highland, Md.), Andrew H. White (Catonsville, Md.), David F. Wiecek (Ft. George G. Meade, Md.) and Mitchell E. Buchman (Hanover, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an encrypting device including an encryption unit and a communications unit. Paire...