ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,679, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Jung Taek Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seok Hoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ryong Ha (Seoul, South Korea), Pan Kwi Park (Incheon, South Korea) and Dong Suk Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a semiconductor device comprising an active pattern, including a lower pattern extending in a first direction, and a plurality of sheet patterns spaced apart from the lower pattern in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a plurality of gate structures ...