ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,347, issued on July 29, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Advanced power off notification for managed memory" was invented by Vincenzo Reina (Munich) and Binbin Huo (Sauerlach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for advanced power off notification for managed memory are described. An apparatus may include a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells and a controller coupled with the memory array. The controller may be configured to receive a notification indicating a transition from a first state of the memory array to a second state of the memory array. The notificatio...