ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,886, issued on July 8, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices and corresponding semiconductor device" was invented by Andrea Albertinetti (Sizzano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more semiconductor dice are arranged on a substrate. The semiconductor die or dice have a first surface adjacent the substrate and a second surface facing away from the substrate. Laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) processing is applied to the semiconductor die or dice to form fiducial markers on the second surface of the semiconductor die or dice. Laser direct structur...