ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,458, issued on April 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Joong Gun Oh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sung Il Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Hyun Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyung Suk Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Eun Sil Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Yun Il Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a fin type pattern extending in a first direction on a substrate, a first gate electrode extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction on the fin type pattern, a source/drain region on a side wall ...