ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,769, issued on July 14, was assigned to KIOXIA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor storage device" was invented by Yusuke Kobayashi (Kuwana, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor storage device includes conductive layers and inter-layer insulating layers alternately arranged over a substrate having a first region and a second region arranged in a first direction; and a first structure provided in a second region of the substrate. The first structure includes: a plurality of third regions provided at first positions corresponding to at least some of the plurality of conductive layers, respectively, and a plurality of fourth r...