ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,979, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (Limerick, Ireland).
"Electronic chip identity" was invented by Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Jose Bernardo Din (Calabarzon, Philippines), Albert Lastimada (Calabarzon, Philippines) and Herlan Kester Benitez (Central Luzon, Philippines).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to electronic chip identifiers, ECIDs. In one example an electronic device is disclosed, which includes an identity unit configured to store an ECID that uniquely identifies the electronic chip, and a multi-purpose pin for use in outputting ...