ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,615, issued on June 3.

"Memory authentication" was invented by Rachael R. Carlson (Meridian, Idaho), Aparna U. Limaye (Boise, Idaho), Diana C. Majerus (Boise, Idaho), Debra M. Bell (Boise, Idaho) and Shea M. Morrison (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods related to memory authentication. Memory devices can be authenticated utilizing authentication codes. An authentication code can be generated based on information stored in a fuse array of the memory device. The authentication code can be stored in the memory device. The stored authentication code can be compared to a captured authentication code based o...