ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,745, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to CONDALIGN AS (Kjeller, Norway).

"Method for manufacturing anisotropic conducting body" was invented by Eldrid Svasand (Valparaiso, Chile), Mark Buchanan (Oslo, Norway), Matti Knaapila (Drammen, Norway) and Geir Helgesen (Finstadjordet, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A layer of the mixture that contains polymer and conductive particles is applied over a first surface, when the mixture has a first viscosity that allows the conductive particles to rearrange within the layer. An electric field is applied over the layer, so that a number of the conductive particles are aligned with the field an...