ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,659, issued on July 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Doohyun Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Heonjong Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyunho Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minchan Gwak (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seon-Bae Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jinyoung Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include first and second active regions on a substrate, first and second active patterns on the first and second active regions, first and second source/drain patterns on the first and second active patterns, f...