ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,024, issued on June 23, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Barriers for selective exposed molding of variable height components" was invented by Kyusang Kim (Singapore), David M Kindlon (Felton, Calif.), Kishore N Renjan (Singapore), Manoj Vadeentavida (Singapore), Bilal Mohamed Ibrahim Kani (Singapore), Benjamin J Grena (San Francisco), Ali N Ergun (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jerzy S Guterman (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jee Tung Tan (Singapore), Steven Webster (Singapore), Parin R Dedhia (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Howell John Chua Toc (Singapore), Mandar S Painaik (Chandler, Ariz.), Abhay Maheshwari (Monte Sereno, Calif.), Wyeman Chen (Newark, Calif.), Yanfeng Chen (San Ramon, Calif.),...