US Patent Issued to X-Celeprint on June 30 for "Vertical tethers for micro-transfer printing" (North Carolina, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,389, issued on June 30, was assigned to X-Celeprint Ltd. (Dublin).

"Vertical tethers for micro-transfer printing" was invented by James O. Thostenson (Durham, N.C.) and Ronald S. Cok (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micro-transfer-printable component source structure includes a source wafer comprising an anchor portion, a sacrificial portion disposed on only a portion of the source wafer adjacent to the anchor portion, a component disposed directly and exclusively over the sacrificial portion, and a vertical tether physically connecting the component to the source wafer. The vertical tether extends from the component...