ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,284, issued on April 14, was assigned to Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Data processing apparatus, memory failure determination method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium" was invented by Hayato Waki (Tokyo) and Shouji Igarashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a data processing apparatus 11, a buffer memory BM including a first buffer memory RM1, a second buffer memory MM1, a third buffer memory RM2, and a fourth buffer memory MM2, stores therein data that is formed of a plurality of bits, and a CPU 11A reads the data from the buffer memory BM, performs bit inversion on the plurality of bits to generate...