ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,181, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Bitline sense amplifier with equalizing transistor and a memory device" was invented by Soo Bong Chang (Incheon, South Korea), Young-Il Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bok-Yeon Won (Namyangju-si, South Korea), Seok Jae Lee (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Dong Geon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myeong Sik Ryu (Anyang-si, South Korea), In Seok Baek (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyoung Min Kim (Namyangju-si, South Korea) and Sang Wook Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bitline sense amplifier including: an amplifier which is...