ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,434, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Memory devices that support selective setting data update and methods of operating same" was invented by Keeho Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Suchang Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory device includes a memory cell array having a plurality of cell blocks therein, including at least one cell block configured to store information data read (IDR) data related to setting an operating environment of the memory device. A setting data storage circuit is provided, which includes a plurality of storage regions in whi...