ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,330, issued on June 17, was assigned to Parry Labs LLC (Alexandria, Va.).

"Apparatus and method for increasing security of a virtual machine" was invented by David Walsh (Alexandria, Va.) and Charles Adams (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for increasing security of a virtual machine are disclosed. The apparatus includes a host circuit having at least a processor and a memory, wherein the at least a processor is configured to receive at least a software module, create a virtual environment, which includes creating a plurality of partitions including a virtual machine (VM), determine a compliance ...