ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,042, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Integrated circuit device" was invented by Jiseok Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangho Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Seoryong Park (Ansan-si, South Korea), Jiyoung Ahn (Seoul, South Korea), Kiseok Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Kiseok Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yoonyoung Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Seunguk Han (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit device includes: a substrate including a plurality of active regions; a bit line extending on the substrate in a horizontal direction; a direct contact connec...