ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,779, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor memory device, method for fabricating the same and electronic system including the same" was invented by Byong Ju Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Sung Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Won Jun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Hwa Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Min Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chang Heon Cheon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a semiconductor memory device having improved reliability. The semiconductor memory device includes a cell substrate, a mold stack including...