ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,964, issued on July 22, was assigned to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Storage device operated by zone and data processing system including the same" was invented by Joo Young Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage device operated by zone and data processing system including the same are provided. A storage device comprises a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks including a plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of gate lines, and a memory controller controlling the memory device, wherein memory cells of a first group among the plurality of memory ce...