US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on March 25 for "Apparatus with power-based data protection mechanism and methods for operating the same" (Idaho Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,895, issued on March 25, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Apparatus with power-based data protection mechanism and methods for operating the same" was invented by Bryce D. Cook (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatuses and systems related to protecting an apparatus against unauthorized accesses or usages are described. The apparatus may include a data protection circuit that protects an operating state of the apparatus, data stored in the apparatus, or a combination thereof when a temperature of the apparatus is outside of an operating range thereof."

The patent was filed on Sept. 1, 2...