ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,447, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).
"Nonvolatile semiconductor memory" was invented by Hiroshi Maejima (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of bit lines connected to the plurality of memory cells, a first circuit which controls the plurality of bit lines according to first data, a source line commonly connected to first ends of the plurality of bit lines, and a second circuit which is connected to the source line and which detects second data according to a current amount in the source line."
The patent was filed on Sept. ...