ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,349, issued on July 29, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor device with switching elements connected in series" was invented by Yuta Okawauchi (Kyoto, Japan), Yasuo Kanetake (Kyoto, Japan), Tatsuya Miyazaki (Kyoto, Japan) and Takukazu Otsuka (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a first and a second switching element, a first and a second conductive member, and a capacitor. The first switching element has a first element obverse surface and a first element reverse surface facing away from each other in a first direction. The second switching element has a second element ...