ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,621, issued on June 2, was assigned to SK hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. (Rancho Cordova, Calif.).

"Presentation of direct accessed storage under a logical drive model" was invented by Thomas M. Slaight (Beaverton, Ore.), Sivakumar Radhakrishnan (Portland, Ore.), Mark Schmisseur (Phoenix), Pankaj Kumar (Chandler, Ariz.), Saptarshi Mondal (Chandler, Ariz.), Sin S. Tan (Portland, Ore.), David C. Lee (Beaverton, Ore.), Marc T. Jones (Longmont, Colo.), Geetani R. Edirisooriya (Tempe, Ariz.), Bradley A. Burres (Waltham, Mass.), Brian M. Leitner (Hillsboro, Ore.), Kenneth C. Haren (Portland, Ore.), Michael T. Klinglesmith (Portland, Ore.), Matthew R. Wilcox (Ottawa) and Eric J. Dahle...