ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,273, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Printed circuit board" was invented by Seong Ho Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seong Il Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board includes: a first interconnection layer; a first insulating layer covering at least a portion of a side surface of the first interconnection layer; a second insulating layer covering at least a portion of an upper surface of the first interconnection layer and at least a portion of an upper surface of the first insulating layer; a third insulating layer covering at l...