ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,683, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Yang Xu (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gyeom Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Pankwi Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ryong Ha (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yoon Heo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a substrate; an active region extending in a first, horizontal, direction on the substrate, and including a first active pattern at a first height above a bottom surface of the substrate in a vertical direction and having a first width in a second, horizontal, direction,...