ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,592, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Methods of forming microelectronic devices, and related microelectronic devices, memory devices, and electronic systems" was invented by Kunal R. Parekh (Boise, Idaho) and Angela S. Parekh (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a microelectronic device comprises forming a first microelectronic device structure comprising a preliminary stack structure comprising sacrificial structures and insulative structures vertically alternating with the sacrificial structures. A second microelectronic device structure comprising control logic c...