ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,031, issued on June 17, was assigned to MAKTAR INC. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Flash drive locked in wireless communication manner" was invented by Liang-Hsin Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flash drive locked by using wireless communication that is applicable to a mobile device is provided. The mobile device includes a mobile communication component and a mobile control component. The flash drive includes a connection port, an information storing component, a communication component, an identification certificate component and a control component. The information storing component stores information. The identi...