ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,746, issued on April 7, was assigned to KIOXIA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor storage device and method of manufacturing semiconductor storage device" was invented by Shinya Arai (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor storage device includes a stack, a columnar body, and a second conductive layer. The stack includes a plurality of first conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers. In the stack, the plurality of first conductive layers and the plurality of insulating layers are alternately stacked one by one in a first direction. The second conductive layer is connected to the columnar body. The col...