ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,697, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Noh Yeong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Beomjin Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dong Il Bae (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Sangwon Baek (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hyun-Seung Song (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include a substrate including a first region and a second region and a first active pattern on the first region. The first active pattern may include a pair of first source/drain patterns and a first channel pattern therebetween, and the first...