ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,367, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to X-Celeprint Ltd. (Dublin).

"Printing components to substrate posts with gaps" was invented by David Gomez (Holly Springs, N.C.) and Ronald S. Cok (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed structure includes a substrate comprising a substrate surface, a substrate circuit disposed in or on in a circuit area of the substrate surface, a substrate post protruding from the substrate surface exterior to the circuit area, and a component having a component top side and a component bottom side opposite the component top side. The component bottom side can be disposed on the substrate post ...