ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,731, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor devices and data storage systems including the same" was invented by Hyunmook Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include a lower interconnection structure electrically connected to circuit devices on a first substrate, a lower bonding structure connected to the lower interconnection structure and an upper bonding structure, an upper interconnection structure connected to the upper bonding structure, a second substrate on the upper interconnection structure, gate electrodes be...