ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,214, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AUO Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Circuit board" was invented by Yun Cheng (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Hao-An Chuang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit board includes a substrate, an insulating structure, a pad structure and a side wire. The substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a side surface. The insulating structure is located above the first surface of the substrate. The pad structure is located in the insulating structure. The insulating structure includes an opening on the pad structure and a removal region between the pad structur...