US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Nov. 18 for "Devices and methods for degaussing magnetic recording storage media" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,917, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for degaussing magnetic recording storage media" was invented by Sergio A. Montoya (La Jolla, Calif.) and Frederick E. Spada (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved degaussing system for sanitizing data stored in a magnetic storage device (MSD) includes a magnetic field generating element configured to generate a directional field toward a media tray for retaining the MSD. Heating elements disposed proximate to the media tray heats the MSD to an elevated temperature before or during applicat...