ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,449, issued on April 7, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Inductive energy harvesting and signal development for a memory device" was invented by Dmitri A. Yudanov (Rancho Cordova, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for inductive energy harvesting and signal development for a memory device are described. One or more inductors may be included in or coupled with a memory device and used to provide current for various operations of the memory device based on energy harvested by the inductors. An inductor may harvest energy based on current being routed through the inductor or based ...