ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,195, issued on May 6, was assigned to SK HYNIX INC. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Data storage device and operating method thereof" was invented by Ji Ho Yoon (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Data storage devices and operating methods that can improve a booting operation are disclosed. A storage device includes: a memory device including one or more boot partitions configured to store boot data for executing an operating system; and a memory controller coupled to the memory device and configured to perform, upon receiving power, a rebuild operation to restore first system data including active boot partition inform...