ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,963, issued on July 14, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling NAND flash memory device and method for controlling same" was invented by Sang Hoon Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyoung Ki Nam (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus for a NAND flash memory device including a NAND flash memory, a controller configured to generate a command signal to program, read, and erase data in the NAND flash memory, and an auxiliary power circuit configured to maintain power for operating the memory and the controller during a first time from a first time point when a volt...