ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,992, issued on May 27, was assigned to BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Metal mesh, thin film sensor and mask" was invented by Mengwen Jia (Beijing), Hai Yu (Beijing), Yafei Zhang (Beijing), Yali Wang (Beijing), Dongdong Zhang (Beijing) and Feng Qu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal mesh includes: first metal lines (11) and second metal lines (12) extending in crossed directions. The first metal lines (11) are arranged side by side in a first direction and extend in a second direction; the second metal lines (12) are arranged side by side in the first direction and extend in a third direction. Each first metal l...