ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,067, issued on Nov. 18.

"Methods for performing multiple memory operations in response to a single command memory devices and systems employing the same" was invented by Matthew A. Prather (Boise, Idaho), Frank F. Ross (Boise, Idaho) and Randall J. Rooney (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Memory devices, memory systems, and methods of operating memory devices and systems are disclosed in which a single command can trigger a memory device to perform multiple operations, such as a single refresh command that triggers the memory device to both perform a refresh command to perform a mode register read. One such memory device c...