ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,506, issued on July 29, was assigned to BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Beijing) and BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"MEMS switch and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Yue Li (Beijing), Yulin Feng (Beijing), Yuelei Xiao (Beijing), Xue Cao (Beijing), Wenbo Chang (Beijing), Kidong Han (Beijing), Yifan Wu (Beijing), Yi Zhou (Beijing), Lihui Wang (Beijing), Qiuxu Wei (Beijing), Qichang An (Beijing) and Feng Qu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MEMS switch includes an insulating substrate, a driving electrode, a first insulating layer, a first surface of the insulating substrate is provide...