ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,756, issued on April 22, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Transparent composite nanowire electrodes" was invented by Jeffrey C. Grossman (Brookline, Mass.), Woo Hyun Chae (Cambridge, Mass.) and Thomas Andre Francois Sannicolo (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composite electrodes and their methods of manufacture are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electrode may include a first layer including first particles, a second layer including conductive nanowires, and a third layer comprising second particles. The second layer may be disposed between and in electrical contact with the f...