ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,724, issued on April 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Vertical semiconductor device" was invented by Jaeho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woosung Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jimo Gu (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sukkang Sung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Ahreum Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical semiconductor device includes lower circuit patterns disposed on a first substrate. A bonding layer is disposed on the lower circuit patterns. A wire is disposed on the bonding layer. A cell stack structure is disposed on the wire. A base pattern is disposed on the cell sta...