ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,819, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cerium oxide nanoparticles, methods for fabricating the same and methods for fabricating a semiconductor device using the same" was invented by In Kwon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kyu Hyoung Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Kyun Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chul Oh Park (Seoul, South Korea), Min Young Kim (Busan, South Korea) and Hyo San Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cerium oxide nanoparticles and methods of fabricating t...