ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,348, issued on June 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor devices" was invented by Junggun You (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Gigwan Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes first and second active fins on first and second regions of a substrate, an isolation pattern on a boundary between the first and second regions and portions of the first and second regions adjacent thereto and separating the first and second active fins, a first gate structure on the first active fin and the isolation pattern on the first region, a second gate struc...