ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,609, issued on May 27, was assigned to LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd. (Xi'An, China).

"Method of forming a device structure" was invented by Ning Song (Sydney), Yang Li (Sydney), Alison Joan Lennon (Sydney), Pei-Chieh Hsiao (Sydney), Zi Ouyang (Sydney), Charles Aram Mandela Hall (Sydney), Carolin Roemer (Sydney) and Zhimeng Wang (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This relates to a method of forming a device structure, including: providing at least one device component having front and rear device component surfaces and at least one electrically conductive region on the device component surfaces; providing at least one con...