US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Feb. 11 for "Methods for registration of circuit dies and electrical interconnects" (Minnesota, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,184, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Methods for registration of circuit dies and electrical interconnects" was invented by Ankit Mahajan (Cupertino, Calif.), Saagar A. Shah (Minneapolis), Mikhail L. Pekurovsky (Bloomington, Minn.), Kayla C. Niccum (Maplewood, Minn.), Kara A. Meyers (Oakdale, Minn.), Matthew R. D. Smith (Woodbury, Minn.), Gino L. Pitera (St. Paul, Minn.), Graham M. Clarke (Woodbury, Minn.), Jeremy K. Larsen (Farmington, Minn.) and Teresa M. Goeddel (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes placing an electronic device on a pliable mating surf...