ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,019, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to VueReal Inc. (Waterloo, Canada).

"Passing signals through micro device sidewalls" was invented by Gholamreza Chaji (Waterloo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to structure and formation of side walls in micro devices. The structure allows access of one side of the micro device to another side through conductive layers and pads. In particular, the top and bottom sides of the micro devices are in direction of the current in the device and sidewalls are isolation surfaces surrounding the top and bottom sides of the device."

The patent was filed on May 11, 2021, ...