ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,994, issued on June 24, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"System and method for managing access control of sensitive data" was invented by Dharmesh M. Patel (Round Rock, Texas), Prem Pradeep Motgi (Austin, Texas) and Manpreet Singh Sokhi (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for managing access and control of data are disclosed. To manage access and control, data management system may require registration and verification of devices associated with an individual or other individuals to which control over access may be granted. Data management system may vest control over access t...