ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,130, issued on May 20, was assigned to PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP. (Miaoli, Taiwan).

"Data writing method for avoiding repeated writing, memory storage device, and memory control circuit unit" was invented by Wei-Cheng Li (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Yu-Chung Shen (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Jia-Li Xu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Ping-Cheng Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data writing method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The method includes: receiving a write command from a host system, and the write command including first data; checking a status of a first physical programming un...