ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,196, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electrode structure including nano dot pattern and semiconductor device and electronic system including the same" was invented by Keun Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Kihyun Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeonggil Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hauk Han (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode structure includes a conductive electrode, the conductive electrode including a first surface, an insulating layer on the conductive electrode, the insulating layer being in contact with the first surface of the condu...