ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,073, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Acentric non-round electrical interconnections" was invented by Kashi Vishwanath Machani (Dresden, Germany) and Frank Kuchenmeister (Dresden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures for an electrical interconnection and methods of forming a structure for an electrical interconnection. The structure comprises a bond pad and an electrical interconnection including a pillar positioned on a portion of the bond pad. The pillar includes a first section and a second section between the first section and the portion of the bond pad. The second section h...