Everspin Assigned Patent

Everspin Technologies, Inc., Chandler, AZ, has been assigned a patent (9,576,636) developed by Slaughter, Jon, Chandler, AZ, for a “magnetic memory having ROM-like storage and method therefore.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A magnetoresistive memory device that stores data in the reference portion of spin-torque memory cells provides for more robust data storage. In normal operation, the memory cells use the free portion of the memory cell for data storage. Techniques for storing data in the reference portions of memory cells are presented, along with techniques for recovering data stored in the reference portions of memory cells.“

The patent application was filed on March 31, 2016 (15/087,469).