ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,974, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Beom Jin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myung Gil (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Won (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Keun Hwi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device including a substrate, a first and second active pattern extending in a first horizontal direction on the substrate, the second active pattern apart from the first active pattern in the first horizontal direction, first nanosheets apart from each other in a vertical direction on the first active pattern, second nanosh...