US Patent Issued to Lodestar Licensing Group on Aug. 12 for "Microelectronic devices and related memory devices" (Idaho, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,012, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Lodestar Licensing Group LLC (Evanston, Ill.).

"Microelectronic devices and related memory devices" was invented by Darwin A. Clampitt (Wilder, Idaho), Roger W. Lindsay (Boise, Idaho), Jeffrey D. Runia (Boise, Idaho), Matthew Holland (Victor, N.Y.) and Chamunda N. Chamunda (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure, a stadium structure within the stack structure, and conductive contact structures. The stack structure comprises a vertically alternating sequence of conductive structures and insulative structures arranged in tiers. Each of the...