ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,102, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Hermetic barrier surrounding a plurality of dies" was invented by Mohammad Enamul Kabir (Portland, Ore.), Keith Zawadzki (Portland, Ore.), Shakul Tandon (Hillsboro, Ore.), Christopher M. Pelto (Beaverton, Ore.), John Kevin Taylor (Portland, Ore.) and Babita Dhayal (Aloha, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques for a barrier that surrounds one or more dies which are electrically coupled with one or more electrical connections on a wafer. The barrier may be a hermetic barrier that ...