US Patent Issued to Sandisk Technologies on June 17 for "Host independent formatting of storage devices" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,167, issued on June 17, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Host independent formatting of storage devices" was invented by Prajual Puthamparambil Jayaraj (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data storage device is enabled to independently self-format, without requiring a connected host device during the active formatting process. The storage device includes a data interface configured to receive power from the host device or a wall charger, non-volatile storage media, and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to receive first power from the host device, receive instructions f...