ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,257, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (South Korea).

"Integrated circuit including integrated standard cell structure" was invented by Gi Young Yang (Seoul, South Korea), Hyeon Gyu You (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ga Room Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin Young Lim (Seoul, South Korea), In Gyum Kim (Bucheon-si, South Korea) and Hak Chul Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit including a first active region and a second active region extending in a first direction and spaced apart from each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a power rail ...