ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,925, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Jinju-si, South Korea).

"Field effect transistor including transition metal dichalcogenide covered with protective layer, and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Jun Hong Park (Jinju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As a field effect transistor (FET) having a transition metal dichalcogenide capped with a hydrocarbon (HC) protective film according to a preferred embodiment as a channel layer forms a dielectric thin film having a large area of a centimeter scale as a protective film on the surface...