ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,746, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Seal ring with inner setback wall for yield improvement" was invented by Christopher L. Boitnott (Redwood City, Calif.), Alejandro X. Levander (El Granada, Calif.), Cheuk Chi Lo (Belmont, Calif.), Chun-Ming Tang (Saratoga, Calif.), Patrick B. Bennett (San Leandro, Calif.), Peng Xu (Santa Clara, Calif.), To C. Tan (Redwood City, Calif.) and Yingkan Lin (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Display panels and methods of fabrication are described which a seal ring is formed within a build-up structure over a semiconductor substrate. The seal ring may inclu...