ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,125, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Myung Gil Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Keun Hwi Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Sangdeok Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Dongwon Kim (Seongnam-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 includes a substrate that includes a peripheral region, a first active pattern on the peripheral region, a first source/drain pattern on the first active pattern, a first channel pattern formed on the first active pattern and connected to the first source/dr...