ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,632, issued on July 29, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).

"Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing a plurality of semiconductive devices" was invented by Gunther Mackh (Neumarkt, Germany), Martin Brandl (Brennberg, Germany) and Bernhard Drummer (Lappersdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes an active region and a trapping region positioned peripherally with respect to the active region, the trapping region presenting trapping apertures permitting the passage of particles, the trapping apertures being in fluid communication with at least one trapping chamber ...