ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,486, issued on April 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-Si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Young-Lim Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woo Seop Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ji Min Chae (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chang Mu An (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jae Soon Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a lower electrode disposed on a substrate; a first lower interfacial film disposed on the lower electrode; a dielectric film disposed on the first lower interfacial film; a first upper interfacial film disposed on...