US Patent Issued on Aug. 12 for "Roll-to-roll additive manufacturing method and device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,551, issued on Aug. 12.

"Roll-to-roll additive manufacturing method and device" was invented by Hendrik J Volkerink (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Ajay Khoche (West San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible laminate electronic device includes a flexible substrate that includes electrical connections between electronic components attached to the flexible substrate. A first flexible additive layer includes apertures, wherein at least one of the one or more electronic components is aligned in one of the apertures. A subsequent flexible additive layer is disposed over the first flexible additive layer and aligned around respect...