ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,724, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and massive data storage system including the same" was invented by Sungmin Hwang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jiwon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jaeho Ahn (Seoul, South Korea), Joonsung Lim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Sukkang Sung (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes lower circuit patterns on a lower substrate; lower bonding patterns on the lower circuit patterns, the lower bonding patterns including a conductive material and being electrically connected to the lower c...