ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,966, issued on May 6.

"Systems and methods for folder and file sequestration" was invented by Bret Douglas Lowry (Sarasota, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing sequestration of files and folders on a need-to-know basis based on the actions associated with file extensions and folder names by detecting whether a portable executable (PE) attempting to access a protected file or folder by use of a monitoring library is allowed to have access and taking appropriate action to allow or deny access."

The patent was filed on June 23, 2022, under Application No. 17/848,014.

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