ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,191, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor devices and data storage systems including the same" was invented by Junhyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Kangmin Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Changhwan Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Taemin Eom (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seungmin Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a first structure including a substrate, circuit devices, a lower interconnection structure electrically connected to the circuit devices, and a second structure on the first structure. The second structure inclu...