ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,309, issued on May 20, was assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Composite metal foil" was invented by Chiu-Yen Chiu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Li-Ju Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Sheng-Hui Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chia-Chen Fang (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite metal foil and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The composite metal foil includes at least a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The first metal layer is copper foil, nickel foil, stainless steel foil, or a combination thereof. The second metal layer is disposed on a surface of the first metal layer...