ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,839, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Ki Hwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyung Ho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kang Hun Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Cho Eun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yong Uk Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device comprises an active pattern including a lower pattern and a plurality of sheet patterns that are spaced apart from the lower pattern in a first direction, a plurality of gate structures disposed on the lower pattern to be spaced apart from each other in a second d...