ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,361, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Yang Xu (Seoul, South Korea), Nam Kyu Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seok Hoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yong Seung Kim (Seongnak-si, South Korea), Pan Kwi Park (Incheon, South Korea), Dong Suk Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Gil Lee (Ansan-si, South Korea) and Si Hyung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device including: a plurality of fin-shaped patterns spaced apart from each other in a first direction and extending in a second direction on a substrate; a f...