ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,908, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Anthony Dongick Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Min Chan Gwak (Suwon-si, South Korea), Guk Hee Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Young Woo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Cheol Na (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kyoung Woo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes an active pattern on a first surface of a substrate and extending in a first direction, a field insulating film on the first surface and a side surface of the active pattern, a gate structure on the active...