ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,119, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor package" was invented by Minki Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungduk Baek (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Won Il Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor package includes: a semiconductor substrate; a through electrode that penetrates the semiconductor substrate; a first pad disposed on the through electrode; and a dielectric structure disposed on the semiconductor substrate, wherein a lower portion of the dielectric structure at least partially surrounds the through electrode, wherein an upp...