US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on July 15 for "Printed circuit board and method for designing the same" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,198, issued on July 15, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Printed circuit board and method for designing the same" was invented by Adam R. Krause (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for designing a printed circuit board including one or more conductive layers is disclosed. The method includes determining one or more conductive elements of each conductive layer, and determining a plurality of thermal zones. Each conductive element is included in a corresponding thermal zone. The method further includes retrieving a clearance ruleset including minimum clearances f...