ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,546, issued on July 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Printed circuit board" was invented by Woo Seok Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seung Chul Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a printed circuit board including a first insulating layer, a pad embedded in an upper portion of the first insulating and having an upper surface portion, a side surface portion, and a lower surface portion, where a portion of the upper surface portion and a portion of the side surface portion protrude from the upper surface of the first insulating layer,...