ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,690, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Circuit board" was invented by Jung Eun Han (Seoul, South Korea), Se Woong Na (Seoul, South Korea) and Joon II Cha (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit board including an insulating layer including a first region and a second region; a plurality of outer layer circuit patterns disposed on upper surfaces of the first region and the second region of the insulating layer; and a solder resist including a first part disposed on the first region of the insulating layer and a second part disposed on the second region of the insulating ...