ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,409, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor and a method of fabricating the same" was invented by Jaewoong Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor including: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, which are opposite to each other, and pixel regions; and a deep isolation pattern extended from the first surface into the substrate and between the pixel regions, wherein the deep isolation pattern includes a semiconductor pattern penetrating the substrate and an insulating pattern between the substrate and the semiconductor...