US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 13 for "Alignment of targets on opposite sides of a substrate" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,529, issued on May 13, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Alignment of targets on opposite sides of a substrate" was invented by Peter D. Brewer (Westlake Village, Calif.), Sevag Terterian (Lake Balboa, Calif.), Diego Eduardo Carrasco (Los Angeles) and Charbel Abijaoude (Newbury Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to align targets on opposite sides of a substrate includes forming a first via pattern in a protective layer on a first side of the substrate. The substrate includes a second side opposite the first side. The first via pattern is a first pixelated version of a first alignment target. The firs...