Online and Digital Identification, Securing Web 2.0, PKI and Digital Certificates

Ennova awarded patent

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The Ennova Direct Corporation, a developer of new consumer technologies, has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted them a patent for their retractable USB flash drive with fingerprint scanner and OLED interface screen. The OLED screen on the device houses the scanner, alerts a user whether or not their print was accepted as well as enabling users to perform basic functions such as selecting files.

Ennova has been awarded a number of patents for USB devices in the past including other retractable flash drives containing secondary technologies. The new biometric flash drive is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2010 under their ION Technologies brand. [end] 

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