ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,734, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor memory device" was invented by Bo Won Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seok Han Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ki Seok Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyun Geun Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jin Woo Han (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device with improved integration and electrical characteristics. The semiconductor memory device includes a peri-gate structure, a first peri-connecting structure on the peri-gate structure, a data storage pattern on the first peri-connecting structure, an ...