ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,849, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor device including a first element structure with a column layer and a second element structure" was invented by Yusuke Kubo (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface, an element structure formed on the first surface side of the semiconductor layer and including a first conductivity type first region and a second conductivity type second region in contact with the first region, a gate electrode opposing the second region with a gate insulating film ther...