ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,128, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Error detection signaling" was invented by Melissa I. Uribe (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) and Aaron P. Boehm (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for error detection signaling are described. In some examples, a memory device may include circuitry to detect one or more error conditions. As the memory device is operated, it may store or output a value (e.g., a high value, a "1") indicating the absence of an error condition. Upon the occurrence of an error condition, the memory device may either store or output a value (e.g....