ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,103, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY (Kawaguchi, Japan).

"Three-dimensional array device" was invented by Masaharu Kobayashi (Tokyo), Toshiro Hiramoto (Tokyo) and Jixuan Wu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional array device with multiple layers in height direction includes a first two-dimensional array circuit located in a first layer; and a second two-dimensional array circuit located in a second layer adjacent to the first layer and overlapped in a plan view with the first two-dimensional array circuit. Each of the first two-dimensional array circuit and the second two-dime...