ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,438, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Electronic device having alignment mark" was invented by Tsung-Yi Hung (Zhubei, Taiwan) and Yu-Wei Huang (Chiayi, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a via-array substrate, an outer layer, and an alignment substrate. The via-array substrate has a plurality of first vias. The outer layer has a plurality of second vias and is disposed on a side of the via-array substrate. The first vias are greater in distribution density or quantity than the second vias. A part of the first vias is electrically connected t...