ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,421, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Donghoon Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyojin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byungho Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myungil Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wooseok Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jaeho Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active pattern, first and second source/drain patterns overlapping with the active pattern, a separation insulating layer between the first and second source/drain patterns, and first and sec...