ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,201, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Young-Hun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jae Seok Yang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hae Wang Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device comprising a first fin pattern and a second fin pattern which are separated by a first isolation trench and extend in a first direction, a third fin pattern which is spaced apart from the first fin pattern in a second direction intersecting the first direction and extends in the first direction,...