ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,635, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Keun Hwi Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Sangdeok Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Sin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongwon Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Yonghee Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hagju Cho (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes first and second active patterns respectively on the first and second active regions of a substrate, a gate electrode on the first and second channel patterns, active contacts electrically connected to at least one ...