ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,661, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor including reflective structure including a reflective structure" was invented by Jonghyeon Noh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kook Tae Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jingyun Kim (Seogwipo-si, South Korea), Miseon Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jaewoong Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface; an interlayer dielectric layer covering the first surface; and a pixel separation part disposed its the substrate, wherein the pixel ...