ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,001, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Akash Systems Inc. (San Francisco).

"Devices having and methods of forming thermally conductive substrates" was invented by Daniel Francis (San Francisco), Frank Lowe (San Francisco), Kyle Graham (San Francisco), Felix Ejeckam (San Francisco), Tyrone D. Mitchell Jr. (San Francisco) and Paul Saunier (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of diamond growth on semiconductors are described. Some aspects include deposition of a layer of diamond seeds on a semiconductor-containing layered structure. Some aspects include the deposition of an intermediate layer over the layer of diamond se...