ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,503, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to E Ink Corp. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Piezoelectric films including ionic liquids and methods of making piezoelectric films including ionic liquids" was invented by Yuriy Borisovich Matus (Pleasanton, Calif.), Haiyan Gu (Fremont, Calif.), Ali Sarvi (San Jose, Calif.), Greg Dicinoski (Sydney), Sani Muke (Sydney), Vanessa Lussini (Sydney) and Charles Douglas Macpherson (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Piezoelectric films including ionic liquids and methods of making piezoelectric films including ionic liquids. The resulting films have higher levels of beta phase and can be poled usi...