ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,304, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Hodae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyudong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seulji Song (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a stack structure that includes horizontal conductive layers and interlayer insulating layers that are alternately stacked with each other in a first direction, vertical conductive layers that pass through the stack structure and extend in the first direction, where the vertical conductive layers have...