ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,800, issued on Oct. 7.

"Row clear features for memory devices and associated methods and systems" was invented by Miles S. Wiscombe (Boise, Idaho), Scott E. Smith (Plano, Texas), Gary L. Howe (Allen, Texas), Brian W. Huber (Allen, Texas) and Tony M. Brewer (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Memory devices, systems including memory devices, and methods of operating memory devices are described, in which memory devices are configured to provide row clear features. In some embodiments, the memory device may receive a command from a host device directed to a row of a memory array included in the memory device. The memory device ...