ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,707, issued on May 13, was assigned to SK HYNIX INC. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensing device" was invented by Jae Won Lee (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensing device includes a substrate including a front side and a back side that are opposite to each other, wherein the image sensing device is structured to operate by receiving incident light through the back side of the substrate; a depletion region disposed in the substrate to be in contact with the back side of the substrate; an epitaxial layer disposed in the substrate to be in contact with or near the front side of the substrate; and a ...