ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,726, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Lodestar Licensing Group LLC (Evanston, Ill.).

"Capacitor structures" was invented by Vladimir Mikhalev (Boise, Idaho) and Michael P. Violette (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor structure comprises a first conductive region having a first conductivity type and a second conductive region having a second conductivity type different than the first conductivity type. The first conductive region comprises a first protrusion portion and a second protrusion portion. The second conductive region comprises a protrusion portion. The capacitor structure further comprises a first dielec...