ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,641,791, issued on May 26, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Rho Gyu Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), In Su Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jung Shik Jang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seok Min Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Won Geun Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include: first insulating pillars arranged in a first direction; second insulating pillars arranged alternately with the first insulating pillars and having a first width in the first direction and a second width in a secon...