ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,600, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor devices and data storage systems including the same" was invented by Jiwon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sangdon Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sungmin Hwang (Hwaseong-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 includes a stack structure, first separation patterns passing through the stack structure, a second separation pattern passing through at least a portion of the stack structure between the first separation patterns, and a cutting channel structure...