ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,491, issued on July 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device" was invented by Yong Chul Shin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), MinWoo Rhee (Seoul, South Korea), Su Min Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Il Young Han (Uiwang-si, South Korea), Nung Pyo Hong (Goyang-si, South Korea), Seung Don Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Kyeong Bin Lim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which uses an apparatus for manufacturing the semiconductor ...