ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,949, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to INNOLUX Corp. (Miao-Li County, Taiwan).

"Multi-layered structure and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Liang-Lu Chen (Miao-Li County, Taiwan), Kuang-Ming Fan (Miao-Li County, Taiwan) and Chia-Lin Yang (Miao-Li County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a multi-layered structure on a supporting entity is provided. The method includes forming a first layer and a first test mark on the supporting entity, wherein the first test mark has a first predetermined length. The first projected length of the first test mark is measured in a top view. The firs...