US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on Oct. 6 for "Line extension for skip-level via landing" (New York, New Hampshire, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,757,709, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Line extension for skip-level via landing" was invented by Nicholas Anthony Lanzillo (Wynantskill, N.Y.), Lawrence A. Clevenger (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), Brent A. Anderson (Jericho, Vt.), Ruilong Xie (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Reinaldo Vega (Mahopac, N.Y.) and Albert M. Chu (Nashua, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skip-level via structure is provided that electrically connects a third level of interconnect wiring to a first level of interconnect wiring or a fourth level of interconnect wiring to a first level of interconnect wiring. In the firs...