ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,788, issued on June 24.
"Block or page lock features in serial interface memory" was invented by Theodore T. Pekny (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are provided for protecting boot block space in a memory device. Such a memory device may include a memory array having a protected portion and a serial interface controller. The memory device may have a register that enables or disables access to the portion when data indicating whether to enable or disable access to the portion is written into the register via a serial data in (SI) input."
The patent was filed on Jan. 8, 2024, under Application No. 18/406,4...