ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,127, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Da Il Rim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor structure including a first semiconductor substrate, one or more first conductive patterns, a plurality of first conductive plugs, and a first bonding pad; a second semiconductor structure including a second semiconductor substrate, a plurality of second conductive patterns, one or more second conductive plugs, and a second bonding pad; and two through electrodes penetrating the second semiconduct...