ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,214, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Yejeong Seo (Goyang-si, South Korea) and Hyuk Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a data storage structure on the substrate, an insulating structure spaced apart from the data storage structure on the substrate, conductive lines spaced apart from each other and stacked in a vertical direction between the data storage structure and the insulating structure, active layers spaced apart from each other and stacked in the vertical directio...