ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,364, issued on March 4, was assigned to SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).

"Wiring board and electronic device" was invented by Tatsuaki Denda (Nagano, Japan) and Takehito Terasawa (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring board includes a plurality of insulating layers each being made of flexible insulating resin, and a conductor layer that is laminated on the plurality of insulating layers and that has a conductor pattern. The conductor layer includes a conductor pattern that has a certain shape in which a plurality of unit patterns are connected in plan view. The unit pattern includes a U-shaped patt...