ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,145, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor memory devices" was invented by Kiseok Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyungeun Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gijae Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Keunnam Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Soobin Yim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Moonyoung Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seungjae Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Semiconductor memory devices may include a cell array structure that may include a memory cell array including three-dimensionally arranged memory cells and first bonding pads connected to the m...