ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,267, issued on May 20, was assigned to MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD (Singapore).

"Hardware security module adapter system, method and device" was invented by Jon Cameron Grant Curet (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Daniel Wong (San Gabriel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hardware security module system, method and device including one or more security meshes that cover portions of a circuit board including the encryption/decryption component for determining if an unwanted physical access of the circuit board is occurring and disabling or erasing the hardware security module to prevent the unauthorized access of encryption data."

The patent...