ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,422, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor" was invented by Junsik Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junghyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gyeongjin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yoongi Joung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jonghoon Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Yunki Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a substrate having first and second surfaces opposing each other; a circuit interconnection structure provided below the first surface of the substrate; a group provided in the substrate and including a plurality of pixel substrate...