ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,735, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor memory device" was invented by Myeong-Dong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongmin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taejin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seung-Bo Ko (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hui-Jung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example semiconductor memory device includes first and second active patterns, which are extended in a first direction and are disposed side by side in a second direction. Each of the first and second active patterns includes first and second edge portions, which are spaced a...