ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,994, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Photoelectric conversion device and sensor and electronic device" was invented by Hye Rim Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taejin Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chul Joon Heo (Busan, South Korea), Kyung Bae Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Seon-Jeong Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode and a second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the photoelectric conversion layer including a p...