ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,926, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Elve Inc. (Davis, Calif.).
"Multi-layer vacuum electron device and method of manufacture" was invented by Diana Gamzina Daugherty (Davis, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vacuum electron devices (VEDs) having a plurality of two-dimensional layers of various materials are bonded together to form one or more VEDs simultaneously. The two-dimensional material layers are machined to include features needed for device operation so that when assembled and bonded into a three-dimensional structure, three-dimensional features are formed. The two-dimensional layers are bonded together into a sandwich-...