ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,410, issued on July 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Wan Gi Sohn (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyeong Hwan Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sung Hyun Bae (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device may include: a substrate extending in each of a first direction and a second direction that intersect each other; and storage patterns disposed on the substrate, and spaced apart from each other in each of the first and second directions. Each of the storage patterns extends in a thir...