ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,694, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device including isolation pattern formed based on insulating layer and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Heesub Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gunho Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bomi Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Eunho Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a semiconductor structure and a dummy structure on a substrate; forming a first insulating layer between the semiconductor structure and the dummy structure; forming a fi...