ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,789, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device, biosensor, biosensor array, and logic circuit" was invented by Ryota Suto (Tokyo) and Katsuya Ujimoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a first gate electrode, a first insulating unit, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a contact part. The first insulating unit is provided on a second gate electrode configured to control a reference voltage in a transport characteristic. The source electrode is connected to the first insulating unit. The drain electrode is connected to the first insulating unit. The c...