ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,619, issued on July 29, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Microelectronic devices with different staircased stadiums having consistent multi-tier step riser height, and related systems and methods" was invented by Lifang Xu (Boise, Idaho), Harsh Narendrakumar Jain (Boise, Idaho), Indra V. Chary (Boise, Idaho), Umberto Maria Meotto (Rivoli, Italy) and Paolo Tessariol (Arcore, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microelectronic devices include a stack structure having a vertically alternating sequence of insulative structures and conductive structures arranged in tiers. A series of stadiums, within the stack stru...