ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,117, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Kwan Yeob Chae (Seoul, South Korea) and San Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device comprises a first wiring that receives an input signal and extends in a first direction, a first gate wiring that extends in a second direction that intersects the first direction, a first impurity region disposed on one side of the first gate wiring and is connected to the first wiring, a second impurity region disposed on an other side of the first gate wiring and is connecte...