ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,307, issued on July 29, was assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Operating method of physically unclonable function magnetic memory device" was invented by Kyung Jin Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jongsun Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physically unclonable function magnetic memory device includes a plurality of magnetic resistance cells disposed on a substrate and each including a pinned magnetic layer, a free magnetic layer, and a tunnel insulating layer or a non-magnetic conductive layer interposed between the pinned magnetic layer and the free magnetic layer...