ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,133, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Memory controller, memory system, and operating method thereof" was invented by Dongeun Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kihwan Nam (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a memory system. The memory system may include a non-volatile memory device including a memory cell array that includes a plurality of blocks, and a memory controller electrically connected to the non-volatile memory device and configured to control the non-volatile memory device. The memory controller may be configured to determine a retention vul...