ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,631, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Semiconductor element and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Hyun-Yong Yu (Seoul, South Korea) and Seung-Hwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a semiconductor element and a method for manufacturing same, wherein the semiconductor element may comprise: a base element, an intermediate layer formed in at least one direction of the base element; and a metal layer formed on the intermediate layer in a direction opposite to the base element, and wherein a conduct...