ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,843, issued on June 23, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Memory device having a support structure" was invented by Jae Ho Kim (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory device includes a first outer support structure extending along a first direction. The memory device also includes a first protrusion pattern extending along the first direction, the first protrusion pattern being in contact with an end of the first outer support structure. The memory device further includes a connection support structure spaced apart from the first protrusion pattern along a second direction perpendicular ...