ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,193, issued on June 17, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Devices including a passive material between memory cells and conductive access lines, and related electronic devices" was invented by Innocenzo Tortorelli (Milan) and Fabio Pellizzer (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes first conductive lines extending in a first direction, second conductive lines extending in a second direction, memory cells disposed between the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines, each memory cell disposed at an intersection of a first conductive line and a second conductive li...