ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,870, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Managing power during resets of data processing systems" was invented by Geroncio Ong Tan (Austin, Texas), Adolfo Sandor Montero (Pflugerville, Texas), Jui Chin Fang (Taipei, Taiwan) and Chien-Hao Chiu (Bade District, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for managing data processing systems are disclosed. To address undesired operation of the data processing systems, power supplied to various components of the data processing system may be temporarily removed. After prescribed durations of time have elapsed, the power may be resupplied...