eDigital Granted New Patent for Semiconductor Based Data Security Solutions

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - March 30, 2016) - e.Digital Corporation (EDIG), a long standing source of innovation and future-defining technologies, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted the Company U.S. Patent 9,298,565.

"This newly granted patent furthers the significance of our microSignet™ patent portfolio," said Fred Falk, president and CEO of eDigital. "This is the second patent granted for the foundational microSignet patent portfolio that we believe offers a unique hardware security solution, that in addition to other levels of security offers a solution to online data security breaches."

microSignet utilizes the internal physical characteristics of semiconductor memories to establish a 'fingerprint' that uniquely identifies a given piece of hardware, such as a smartphone or desktop computer, that can be used for device authentication, or to bind valuable content to a particular device. To learn more visitwww.edigital.com/microsignet.

About e.Digital Corporation:For more than 25 years, eDigital's ideas and inventions have impacted the evolution of consumer products. Today, eDigital innovations, including its Flash-R™ portfolio of flash memory-related patents, and Nunchi®portfolio, are essential to many portable consumer electronic products. For more information about eDigital, please visit: www.edigital.com.

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