ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,253, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Printed circuit board" was invented by Sung Wuk Ryu (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Yul Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Joon Wook Han (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer; and a via portion disposed on the insulating layer; wherein the via portion includes: a first pad disposed under the insulating layer; a second pad disposed on the insulating layer; and a via part disposed between the first and second pads in the insulating layer; and wherein a width of the first ...