ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,993, issued on April 8, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).
"Method for producing a carrier arrangement" was invented by Mathias Bottcher (Moritzburg, Germany), Frank Windrich (Moritzburg, Germany), Kai Zoschke (Berlin) and M. Jurgen Wolf (Moritzburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a carrier arrangement (100; 500; 600; 700; 800; 900; 1000), and a method for producing a carrier arrangement. The method comprises: producing a layer (130; 530; 630; 730; 830; 930; 1030) on a surface (120; 520; 620; 720; 820; 920; 1020) of a carrier (110; 510; 610; ...