ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,278, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Jinju-si, South Korea).

"Polymer and organic electronic device using same" was invented by Soon-Ki Kwon (Jinju-si, South Korea), Yun-Hi Kim (Jinju-si, South Korea) and Cheng Sun (Jinju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel polymer and an organic electronic device using same. In the polymer according to the present invention, a cyclic electron-donor, including thiophene, selenophene, or a combination thereof, is introduced into a central skeleton having an A-D-A structure i...