ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,495, issued on May 27, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device" was invented by Kang Sik Choi (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein may be a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device may include a first stacked body including a first stacked insulating layer and a first stacked conductive layer that are alternately stacked; a capacitor plug passing through the first stacked body; and a capacitor multi-layered layer configured to enclose the capacitor plug. The capacitor plug may include metal."

The patent ...