ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,434, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Hyeri An (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongsik Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sooho Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joonsuk Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Keonhee Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gaeun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jihoon Chang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yujin Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hana Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a switching element, and a data storage structure electrically connected to the switching element. The data storage st...