ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,973, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Beomjin Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyojin Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Myung Gil Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinbum Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sangmoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongwon Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Keun Hwi Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: an active pattern provided on a substrate and extending in a first direction; a pair of source/drain patterns provided on the active patt...