US Patent Issued to Sandisk Technologies on Oct. 21 for "Host-independent format operation of USB-based storage devices" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,991, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Host-independent format operation of USB-based storage devices" was invented by Nitin Jain (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for providing host-independent format operations in data storage devices. In certain embodiments, a data storage device includes a non-volatile memory; a pinhole button configured to be pressed; and a controller configured to: detect that the pinhole button is pressed; detect that the data storage device is coupled to a direct-current (DC) power supply; and initiate formatting ...