ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,596, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and data storage system including the same" was invented by Jaeho Ahn (Seoul, South Korea), Jiwon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sungmin Hwang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Joonsung Lim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Sukkang Sung (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device and a data storage system including the same, the semiconductor device including: a first structure including a peripheral circuit; and a second structure, including: a pattern structure; an upper insulating layer; a stack...