ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,612, issued on April 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Bok Young Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Young Mook Oh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyung Goo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hae Geon Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seung Mo Ha (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first base fin protruding from the substrate and extending in a first direction, and a first fin type pattern protruding from the first base fin and extending in the first direction. The first base ...