ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,848, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Memory device and operation method for generating check points based on write data pattern" was invented by Hye Mi Kang (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory system includes a memory device and a controller. The memory device includes a plurality of memory blocks. The controller recognizes a change in a pattern of a plurality of write data, delays a checkpoint operation associated with a write operation regarding the plurality of write data entries when operational data regarding the plurality of write data entries is within a ran...