ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,438, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Minsung Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyoungyol Mun (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sungdong Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Wonhee Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region, first metal lines spaced apart from each other at a first interval on the first region, second metal lines spaced apart from each other at a second interval on the second region, the second interval being less than t...