ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,568, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Sample holder of transmission electron microscope and semiconductor device inspection method using the sample holder" was invented by Yeoseon Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Donghoon Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample holder includes a head, a first holding plate extending in a first direction from one surface of the head and including at least one first sample hole configured to accommodate at least one first sample and a first main surface configured such that the at least one first sample accommodated in...