Patents by Inventor Yechan KIM

Yechan KIM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12687781
    Abstract: A brush polymer for a photoresist, a photoresist composition, and a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device, the brush polymer including a core and a plurality of side polymer chains, the plurality of side polymer chains being bonded to the core and extending from the core to form a bottle-brush polymer or a star-brush polymer, together with the core, wherein each of the plurality of side polymer chains includes a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1 and a second repeating unit represented by Formula 2:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinjoo Kim, Sumin Kim, Hyunwoo Kim, Yechan Kim, Juyoung Kim, Jicheol Park, Giyoung Song, Suk Koo Hong
  • Publication number: 20260159449
    Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing a composite powder and a composite granular powder manufactured by the method, the method including: preparing a slurry in which a yttria powder, a magnesia powder, a solvent, and an organic additive are mixed; performing ball milling on the slurry; and drying the slurry to produce a granular powder containing the yttria powder and the magnesia powder, wherein the granular powder contains yttria crystals and magnesia crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventors: Deul Kim, Sungyong Kim, Heejin Jo, Dae Sung Kim, Dong Hun Jung, Seongsik Bang, Yechan Kim
  • Patent number: 12509397
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial marble having a total transmittance of 6 or greater and 20 or less when the total transmittance is measured using a turbidimeter (NDH 5000 available from Nippon Denshoku) for an artificial marble sample with a size of 7 cm in width, 7 cm in length, and 1.5 cm in thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: LX HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventors: Donghee Kim, Hongkwan Cho, Yechan Kim, Hyewon Kim, Junyoung Seo
  • Patent number: 12479765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial marble including a binder resin, inorganic particles and quartz powder, in which the inorganic particles are particles including a barium element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: LX HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yechan Kim, Donghee Kim, Joongheon Lee, Joo-Hwan Seo, Seong-Hoon Yue, Youngwoo Choi, Hongkwan Cho
  • Patent number: 12468226
    Abstract: Photoresist compositions may include a photosensitive polymer including a first repeating unit of Chemical Formula 1; a photoacid generator (PAG); and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Honggu Im, Sumin Kim, Yechan Kim, Jinjoo Kim, Hyunwoo Kim, Sunghwan Park, Juhyeon Park, Jicheol Park, Giyoung Song, Sukkoo Hong
  • Patent number: 12459872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial marble including one or more stripe regions and a base region on a first surface of the artificial marble, in which the stripe regions extend into the artificial marble, in which the artificial marble includes a section where a surface of the section corresponding to the first surface of the artificial marble is the stripe region and an inside of the artificial marble in a vertical direction under the stripe region is the base region, and in which at least a part of the base region of the section is visible to a naked eye from the surface of the stripe region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: LX HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventors: Junyoung Seo, Hongkwan Cho, Donghee Kim, Yechan Kim, Hyewon Kim
  • Patent number: 12459292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial marble including one or more stripe regions and a base region on a first surface of the artificial marble, in which the stripe regions extend into the artificial marble, in which the artificial marble includes a section where a surface of the section corresponding to the first surface of the artificial marble is the base region and an inside of the artificial marble in a vertical direction under the base region is the stripe region, and in which at least a part of the stripe region of the section is visible to a naked eye from the surface of the base region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: LX HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yechan Kim, Donghee Kim, Junyoung Seo, Hongkwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20250231481
    Abstract: Provided are photoresist compositions and methods of manufacturing an integrated circuit device by using the same. The photoresist compositions include a photosensitive polymer and a solvent, wherein the photosensitive polymer comprises a pyridinium salt and a functional group convertible (e.g., capable of being converted) to a radical and bonded to the pyridinium salt, and the functional group convertible to the radical comprises an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom bonded to a nitrogen atom of the pyridinium salt, and is able to generate the radical by decomposition of a bond between the oxygen atom, the nitrogen atom or the carbon atom of the functional group convertible to the radical and the nitrogen atom of the pyridinium salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Yonghoon Moon, Honggu Im, Seungchul Kwon, Yechan Kim, Hana Kim, Sungan Do
  • Publication number: 20250206662
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial marble including a first composition including a first binder resin, a first inorganic particle, and first inorganic powder; and a second composition including a second binder resin, a second inorganic particle, and second inorganic powder, wherein at least one surface of the artificial marble includes at least two regions among a region provided with the first composition, a region provided with the second composition, and a region where the first composition and the second composition are mixed, and at least one of a surface roughness, a scratch resistance, and a thickness in each of the at least two regions is different, and also relates to a method for manufacturing the artificial marble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: LX HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yechan KIM, Bonho KOO, Donghee KIM, Hongkwan CHO
  • Publication number: 20250203872
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a memory stack on a cell wafer, the cell wafer having a first crystal orientation and including a silicon single crystal wafer and a first notch, forming a peripheral circuit stack on a peripheral circuit wafer, the peripheral circuit wafer including a silicon single crystal wafer and having a second crystal orientation different from the first crystal orientation, and bonding the cell wafer to the peripheral circuit wafer such that the memory stack and the peripheral circuit stack come into contact with each other, wherein the first crystal orientation is expressed as {first surface orientation}<first notch direction>, and the first crystal orientation includes any one of {110}<100>, {110}<112>, {111}<110>, and {111}<112>.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Yeonsook Kim, Jung-A Lee, Yechan Kim, Wooseung Jung
  • Publication number: 20250066249
    Abstract: An E-stone based artificial marble according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is formed of inorganic particles, inorganic powder, and a resin, wherein the resin is an E-stone based composition including a liquid resin and a solid powder resin or a cured product thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: LX HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Hoon YUE, Youngwoo CHOI, Joongheon LEE, Donghee KIM, Yechan KIM, Joo-Hwan SEO, Eunhee KANG, Hongkwan CHO, Sangnam LEE
  • Publication number: 20240395862
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; source/drain patterns spaced apart in a first direction on the semiconductor substrate; and channel patterns on the semiconductor substrate, wherein at least one of the channel patterns is between adjacent source/drain patterns among the source/drain patterns, wherein at least one of the channel patterns includes a plurality of semiconductor patterns, and the plurality of semiconductor patterns are spaced apart from each other in a second direction that is perpendicular to an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes a {110} crystal plane, wherein at least one of the channel patterns includes a surface pattern, wherein the surface pattern includes first surfaces and second surfaces, wherein the first surfaces include protruding edges, wherein the second surfaces are respectively connected to the first surfaces through protruding edges, and wherein the protruding edges are arranged in a th
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Sungmin KIM, Yeonsook KIM, Yoon-Hee LEE, Yechan KIM
  • Publication number: 20240310724
    Abstract: Provided is a photoresist composition including a chemically amplified polymer, a photoacid generator, a photo-decomposable quencher including a pyridinium-based material that generates a neutral material by exposure and acts as a base to neutralize an acid before exposure, and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Honggu IM, Jaeyeon KIM, Juyoung KIM, Jicheol PARK, Yechan KIM, Yonghoon MOON
  • Publication number: 20240018044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial marble including a binder resin, inorganic particles and quartz powder, in which the inorganic particles are particles including a barium element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yechan KIM, Donghee KIM, Joongheon LEE, Joo-Hwan SEO, Seong-Hoon YUE, Youngwoo CHOI, Hongkwan CHO
  • Publication number: 20230416165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial marble including one or more stripe regions and a base region on a first surface of the artificial marble, in which the stripe regions extend into the artificial marble, in which the artificial marble includes a section where a surface of the section corresponding to the first surface of the artificial marble is the stripe region and an inside of the artificial marble in a vertical direction under the stripe region is the base region, and in which at least a part of the base region of the section is visible to a naked eye from the surface of the stripe region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Junyoung SEO, Hongkwan CHO, Donghee KIM, Yechan KIM, Hyewon KIM
  • Publication number: 20230416149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial marble having a total transmittance of 6 or greater and 20 or less when the total transmittance is measured using a turbidimeter (NDH 5000 available from Nippon Denshoku) for an artificial marble sample with a size of 7 cm in width, 7 cm in length, and 1.5 cm in thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Donghee KIM, Hongkwan CHO, Yechan KIM, Hyewon KIM, Junyoung SEO
  • Publication number: 20230406034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial marble including one or more stripe regions and a base region on a first surface of the artificial marble, in which the stripe regions extend into the artificial marble, in which the artificial marble includes a section where a surface of the section corresponding to the first surface of the artificial marble is the base region and an inside of the artificial marble in a vertical direction under the base region is the stripe region, and in which at least a part of the stripe region of the section is visible to a naked eye from the surface of the base region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yechan KIM, Donghee KIM, Junyoung SEO, Hongkwan CHO
  • Publication number: 20230406771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial marble and a manufacturing method of an artificial marble. In addition, the present invention relates to a screening mask and a pattern mold for manufacturing the artificial marble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yechan KIM, Donghee KIM, Junyoung SEO, Bonho KOO, Hongkwan CHO
  • Publication number: 20230194985
    Abstract: A brush polymer for a photoresist, a photoresist composition, and a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device, the brush polymer including a core and a plurality of side polymer chains, the plurality of side polymer chains being bonded to the core and extending from the core to form a bottle-brush polymer or a star-brush polymer, together with the core, wherein each of the plurality of side polymer chains includes a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1 and a second repeating unit represented by Formula 2:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Jinjoo KIM, Sumin KIM, Hyunwoo KIM, Yechan KIM, Juyoung KIM, Jicheol PARK, Giyoung SONG, Suk Koo HONG
  • Patent number: 11681219
    Abstract: A resist composition including a polymer; and a compound represented by Formula 1, in Formula 1, R1 is hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a carbonyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, an ester group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, an acetal group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, an ether group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, or a group represented by Formula R, and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, an ester group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, an acetal group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, or an ether group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yechan Kim, Su Min Kim, Ju-Young Kim, Jinjoo Kim, Hyunwoo Kim, Juhyeon Park, Hyunji Song, Songse Yi, Suk Koo Hong