ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,960, issued on July 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device including separation structures and sacrificial layers and electronic system including the same" was invented by Haemin Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Byoung-Taek Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Hyeonjoo Song (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory devices and electronic system including the same. The 3D semiconductor memory device may include a substrate including first and second regions, a stack structure including inte...