ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,886, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Microelectronic devices including slot structures, and related electronic systems and methods of forming the microelectronic devices" was invented by Chandra S. Tiwari (Boise, Idaho), David A. Kewley (Boise, Idaho), Deep Panjwani (Boise, Idaho), Matthew Holland (Victor, N.Y.), Matthew J. King (Boise, Idaho), Michael E. Koltonski (Boise, Idaho), Tom J. John (Boise, Idaho), Xiaosong Zhang (Boise, Idaho) and Yi Hu (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure comprising alternating conductive structures and...