ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,329, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Top via containing random-access memory cross-bar array" was invented by Koichi Motoyama (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Hsueh-Chung Chen (Cohoes, N.Y.), Chanro Park (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Kenneth Chun Kuen Cheng (Shatin, Hong Kong) and Chih-Chao Yang (Glenmont, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a memory device. The memory device comprises a cross-bar array of memory cells. The cross-bar array of memory cells comprises a plurality of bottom level lines arranged in a first direction. The cross-bar array of memory cells further comprises ...