ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,447, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Efficiency for consecutive read operations" was invented by Giuseppe Cariello (Boise, Idaho) and Fulvio Rori (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for improved efficiency for consecutive read operations are described. For example, a memory system may receive a first command indicating a first read operation in a block of memory cells that are each configured to store more than one bit. In response to receiving the first command, the memory system may initiate the performance of the first read operation by applying a vo...