US Patent Issued to EKC Technology on April 1 for "Transparent films with control of light hue using nanoscale colorants" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,262, issued on April 1, was assigned to EKC Technology Inc. (Hayward, Calif.).

"Transparent films with control of light hue using nanoscale colorants" was invented by Xiqiang Yang (Hayward, Calif.), Yadong Cao (San Jose, Calif.), Yongxing Hu (Fremont, Calif.), Hua Gu (Dublin, Calif.), Ying-Syi Li (Fremont, Calif.) and Ajay Virkar (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanoscale colorants are introduced to adjust the hue of transparent conductive films, such as to provide a whiter film. The transparent conductive films can have sparse metal conductive layers, which can be formed using silver nanowires. Color of the film can...