ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,137, issued on March 24, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Interposer board side wall having electrical features" was invented by Edmilson Besseler (San Jose, Calif.) and Shu-Fong Tsau (Palatine, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stacked printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) including an interposer board extending between a two circuit boards. The interposer board has a side wall including pads that are electrically tied to vias extending between electronic components of the circuit boards to allow testing of the electronic components and connections to any other electronic system. The test pads increase the num...