ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,588, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Su Jin Jung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin Bum Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Da Hye Kim (Seoul, South Korea), In Gyu Jang (Seoul, South Korea) and Dong Suk Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device is provided. A semiconductor device comprising a first active pattern including a first lower pattern and a plurality of first sheet patterns spaced apart from the first lower pattern in a first direction and having a first source/drain recess formed therein, a first source/dra...