ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,229, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Nanoribbon stacks without dielectric protection caps for top nanoribbons" was invented by Rohit Galatage (Hillsboro, Ore.), Cheng-Ying Huang (Portland, Ore.), Jack T. Kavalieros (Portland, Ore.), Marko Radosavljevic (Portland, Ore.), Mauro J. Kobrinsky (Portland, Ore.), Jami Wiedemer (Scappoose, Ore.), Munzarin Qayyum (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Evan Clinton (Carrollton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "IC structures with nanoribbon stacks without dielectric protection caps for top nanoribbons, and associated methods and devices, are disclosed. An example IC stru...