ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,635, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Fiber-reinforced films" was invented by William Riis Hamburgen (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a first layer including unidirectional first fibers oriented in a first direction and embedded within the first layer, where the first layer has a thickness of less than 25 micro metre and a second layer bound to the first layer, the second layer including unidirectional second fibers oriented in a second direction and embedded within the second layer, where the first layer has a thickness of less than 25 micro metre and wher...