ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,962, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).
"Semiconductor storage device" was invented by Hiroshi Nakaki (Yokkaichi Mie, Japan) and Megumi Ishiduki (Yokkaichi Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor storage device includes a stacked body in which conductive and insulating layers are alternately stacked in a first direction, conductive lines extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction and arranged along a third direction intersecting the first and second directions, insulators extending along the first and third directions in the body, arranged along the second direction, ...