ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,441, issued on July 1, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method, and image capturing device" was invented by Naohiko Kimizuka (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device, a semiconductor device manufacturing method, and an image capturing device capable of suppressing variations in transistor characteristics. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, and a field effect transistor. The field effect transistor includes a semiconductor region having a channel, a gate electrode covering the semicon...